Published 1997 | Version v1
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Late somatic health effects

  • 1. GSF, Inst. fuer Strahlenschutz, Neuherberg (Germany)

Description

This chapter reviews the risks of radiation-induced caner for the dose range likely to occur after releases of radionuclides into the environment. Epidemiological evidence from exposed workers and the atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is surveyed. Influences on such risk functions of individual related quantities (e.g. age, sex, nationality, time since exposure and organs exposed) and of radiation modality-related quantities (e.g. dose, dose rate and radiation quality) are also briefly discussed. (Author)

Part of:
Health impacts of large releases of radionuclides. Proceedings

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Publishing Information

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons.
Imprint Place
Chichester (United Kingdom)
ISBN
0 471 96510 3
Imprint Title
Health impacts of large releases of radionuclides. Proceedings
Imprint Pagination
247 p.
Journal Issue
no.203
Series
Ciba Foundation Symposium.
Journal Page Range
p. 167-177.

Conference

Title
Symposium on health impacts of large releases of radionuclides.
Dates
27-29 Feb 1996.
Place
St. Petersburg (Russian Federation).

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