Published September 1991
| Version v1
Journal article
Catalog of risks extended and updated
Description
A large variety of risks are quantified in terms of the loss of life expectancy they cause in the United States. Risks considered include the following: diseases; accidents of various types at home, at work, in public, and in motor vehicles; unemployment; poor social connections; use of small cars; smoking; air pollution; other environmental pollutants leading to cancer and non-cancer effects; purposely ingested substances; sports participation; geography; medical care; epidemics; natural hazards; socioeconomic factors; Rn and other radiation; and energy conservation. A few suggestions for applications of this catalog of risks are offered
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Physics
- Journal Volume
- 61
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 317-335.
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
- CODEN
- HLTPAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 25009303
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCIDENTS; DISEASES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDEXES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LIFE SPAN; MAN; MORTALITY; POLLUTANTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTS; HAZARDS; MAMMALS; NONMETALS; PRIMATES; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; VERTEBRATES