Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
Radiation and public perception : benefits and risks / Jack P. Young, editor, Rosalyn S. Yalow, editor.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1995.
Description
xiii, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Availability
Available Online
Online Content
ACS eBooks Complete Collection
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
RA569 .R33 1995
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
Radiation
—
Health aspects
[Browse]
Radiobiology
[Browse]
Related name
Young, Jack P., 1929-
[Browse]
Yalow, Rosalyn S. (Rosalyn Sussman), 1921-2011
[Browse]
Series
Advances in chemistry series ; 243.
[More in this series]
Notes
"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Divisions of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Chemical Health and Safety, and Environmental Chemistry, Inc., at the 203rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, California, April 5-10, 1992."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Radiation and public perception / Rosalyn S. Yalow
Public perception of radiation risks / William R. Hendee
Basic units and concepts in radiation exposures / R.L. Mlekodaj
Department of Energy radiation health studies : past, present, and future / Terry L. Thomas and Robert Goldsmith
The U.S. transuranium and uranium registries / Ronald L. Kathren
Lung cancer mortality and radon exposure : a test of the linear-no-threshold model of radiation carcinogenesis / Bernard L. Cohen and Graham A. Colditz
Evidence of cancer risk from experimental animal radon studies / Fredrick T. Cross --Evaluating the safety of irradiated foods / George H. Pauli
Cancer incidence and mortality after iodine-131 therapy for hyperthyroidism / Per Hall and Lars-Erik Holm
The genetic effects of human exposures to ionizing radiation / James V. Neel
Studies of children in utero during atomic bomb detonations / Y. Yoshimoto [and others]
Cancer risks among atomic bomb survivors / William J. Schull
A health assessment of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident / Fred A. Mettler, Jr., and Jonathan E. Briggs
Health studies of U.S. women radium dial workers / A.F. Stehney --Evaluating health risks in communities near nuclear facilities / A. James Ruttenber
Health effects on populations exposed to low-level radiation in China / Lüxin Wei
Health and mortality among contractor employees at U.S. Department of Energy facilities / Shirley A. Fry [and others]
Does nuclear power have a future? / John F. Ahearne
Science, society, and U.S. nuclear waste / Ginger P. King.
Show 14 more Contents items
ISBN
0841229325 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780841229327 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0841230374 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780841230378 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
94035190
OCLC
31074918
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Radiation and public perception : benefits and risks / Jack P. Young, editor, Rosalyn S. Yalow, editor.
id
9961470683506421
Radiation and public perception : benefits and risks / Jack P. Young, Rosalyn S. Yalow, editors.
id
99125170386106421