Radiation and public perception : benefits and risks / Jack P. Young, editor, Rosalyn S. Yalow, editor.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1995.
Description
xiii, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    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.
    ISBN
    • 0841229325 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780841229327 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0841230374 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780841230378 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    94035190
    OCLC
    31074918
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