Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: Beir V

by National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies

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. The data include new, much more reliable dose estimates for the A-bomb survivors, the results of an additional 14 years of follow-up of the survivors for cancer mortality, recent results of follow-up studies of persons irradiated for medical purposes, and results of relevant experiments with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309039959
• ISBN13: 9780309039956
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"