This book is the seventh in a series of titles from the National Research Council that addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer
Follow-up studies of persons exposed to medical radiation have long shown that radiation induces cancer in man. This, coupled with increasing exposure from othe
Do persons exposed to radiation suffer genetic effects that threaten their yet-to-be-born children? Researchers are concluding that the genetic risks of radiati
Over the past several decades, public concern over exposure to ionizing radiation has increased. This concern has manifested itself in different ways depending
This book reevaluates the health risks of ionizing radiation in light of data that have become available since the 1980 report on this subject was published. Th