Assessment of scientific information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program : interim report /

In response to a request from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the National Research Council convened a committee to assess the recent biologic, epidemiologic, and related scientific evidence associating radiation exposure with cancers or other human health effects. HRSA requ...

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Tác giả của công ty: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (Tác giả)
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Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Washington (DC) : National Academies Press (US), 2003.
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  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. RISK OVERVIEW
  • 1.1 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RADIATION DOSIMETRY
  • 1.2. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RADIATION BIOLOGY
  • 1.3. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RADIATION EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • Risk to Uranium Miners, Millers and Ore Transporters
  • Risks to Downwinders and Onsite Nuclear-Test Participants
  • 2. SCREENING OVERVIEW
  • 2.1 ETHICS OF SCREENING
  • 2.2. ETHICS AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES
  • 3. IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES
  • Deficits in knowledge and knowledge-based skills
  • Barriers
  • Strategies
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIX A Comments on Methods Proposed by HRSA and its Grantees
  • COMMENTS ON BPHC POLICY INFORMATION NOTICE 2002-17
  • General Comments
  • Specific Comments
  • COMMENTS ON SCREENING PROPOSALS
  • APPENDIX B Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
  • APPENDIX C List of Reviewers
  • APPENDIX D Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
  • NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF.