Health Effects of Low Dose Radiation

Challenges of the 21st Century

British Nuclear Energy Society (Urheber)

Buch | Softcover

218 Seiten

1997
Institution of Civil Engineers (Verlag)
978-0-7277-2629-2 (ISBN)

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Examines the state of our knowledge about the health effects of radiation and looks forward to exciting developments in our understanding of the mechanisms of radiation's interaction with biological systems and the magnitude of the risks. This work addresses the epidemiology of nuclear workforces, and atomic bomb survivors.

This book examines the current state of our knowledge about the health effects of radiation and looks forward to exciting developments in our understanding of the mechanisms of radiation's interaction with biological systems and the magnitude of the risks as the twenty-first century approaches. Papers address the epidemiology of nuclear workforces, atomic bomb survivors and those affected by the Chernobyl accident, as well as studies into the effects of radiation at the cellular an

* Opening address * Effects at the cellular level * Effects in the whole organism * Adult exposures in the workplace and the environment * Childhood cancer in exposed populations * Modelling the cancer process * Adaptive response

Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	300 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-7277-2629-3 / 0727726293
ISBN-13	978-0-7277-2629-2 / 9780727726292
Zustand	Neuware