Published 1985
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Scientific Committee 71 on radiation exposure and potentially-related injury
Description
A report entitled ''The Probability That a Specific Exposure and a Specified Cancer Are Causally Related'' is briefly discussed. The report describes radiation risk in terms of probability of causation (PC) and deals extensively with uncertainties associated with the calculation. These uncertainties include those having to do with dose, the risk coefficients, particularly at low doses, and the baseline cancer rate which can vary from locality to locality. The use of the PC approach under the present tort system may not be appropriate
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
- Imprint Place
- Bethesda, MD (USA)
- Imprint Title
- Some issues important in developing basic radiation protection recommendations
- Journal Page Range
- p. 312-314.
Conference
- Title
- 20. annual meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.
- Dates
- 4-5 Apr 1984.
- Place
- Washington, DC (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17043468
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VICTIMS COMPENSATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DISEASES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; POPULATIONS; RADIATIONS