Health Effects of Exposure to Radon : Time for Reassessment?.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Staff, National Research Council
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:	Radon > Health aspects. Radon > Toxicology. Radiation carcinogenesis. Radiation carcinogenesis Radon > Health aspects Radon > Toxicology
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Table of Contents:

""HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO RADON: Time for Reassessment?""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Radiation Biology and Carcinogenesis""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RANGE AND TRACK STRUCTURE OF PARTICLES EMITTED BY RADON PROGENY""; ""RADIATION BIOLOGY OF -PARTICLE IRRADIATION""; ""Cell Lethaity""; ""Mutations in Cultured Cells""; ""Oncogenic Transformation In Vitro""; ""Comparison of Effects In Vivo and In Vitro""; ""Carcinogenesis in Laboratory Animals""; ""RBE VERSUS LET""; ""DOSE-RATE EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK ESTIMATES""
""MECHANISMS OF CARCINOGENESIS""""MARKERS OF EXPOSURE""; ""SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""3 Exposure-Dose Relations""; ""STATUS OF STUDIES""; ""SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""4 Epidemiologic Investigations""; ""STUDIES OF MINERS""; ""Overview""; ""Cohorts of Miners""; ""Lung Cancer in Pooled Analysis of 11 Cohorts""; ""Assessment of Uncertainty in Lifetime Risk Estimates""; ""Nonrespiratory Cancers""; ""Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases""; ""STUDIES OF LUNG CANCER IN THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""Overview""; ""Case-Control Studies""; ""Status""; ""Problems and Limitations""
""Ecologic Studies""""Status""; ""Problems and Limitations""; ""Radon-Induced Cancers Other than Lung Cancer""; ""SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Studies of Miners""; ""Studies of Lung Cancer in the General Environment""; ""Literature Cited""; ""Information on Committee Members""

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