Published February 1978
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Report
Rationale for nonlinear dose-response functions of power greater or less than one
Description
The following topics are discussed: incidence of skin cancer versus dose; analysis of Japanese data for dose-response functions; standard setting on linear extrapolation; use of human mortality data to determine dose-effect curves; and relation of radiosensitivity of a population to cancer mortality rate
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Summary and proceedings of a biology workshop on biological repair mechanisms and exposure standards
- Journal Page Range
- p. 177-184.
- Report number
- ORAU/IEA--78-2(R)
Conference
- Title
- Workshop on repair mechanisms and exposure standards.
- Dates
- 28 - 30 Jun 1977.
- Place
- Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10420909
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; MATHEMATICS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPECIFICATIONS; STATISTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- DISEASES; POPULATIONS