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France: Academy of Medicine; Dec 4, 2001 Statement on Radiation Health Effects

American Nuclear Society - Position Statement #41[PDF 46KB]"Health Effects of Low Level Radiation," June 2001

Center for Nuclear Technology and Society at WPI
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Report by the Mass. Governor's Advisory Council on Radiation Protection
3rd Edition, March 2002


1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost


Ayotte, P., B. Levesque, et al. (1998). "Indoor exposure to 222Rn: a public health perspective." Health Phys 75(3): 297-302.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]

Becker, K. (1997). Do we need a new cost/benefit assessment for low radiation doses? IAEA-TECDOC-976, IAEA-CN-67/137, 436-440
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
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Becker, K. (1997c). "Threshold or no threshold, that is the question." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 71(1): 3-5.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
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Becker, K. (1999). How dangerous is residential radon? Proceedings on "The Effects of Low and Very Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation on Human Health," World Council of Nuclear Workers, June 16-18, St. Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France., Elsevier (in press).
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
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Bogen, K. T. and D. W.
Layton (1998). "Risk management for plausibly hormetic environmental carcinogens: the case of radon." Hum Exp Toxicol 17(8): 463-7.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]

Calabrese, E. J. (2000). "Societal implications of hormesis." Journal of Applied Toxicology 20(2): 91-91.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]

Cohen, B. L. (1985). "Comparison of radiological risks from coal burning and nuclear power." Health Physics 48(3): 342-3.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]

Cohen, B. L. (1991). "Catalog of risks extended and updated." Health Physics 61(3): 317-35.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]

Feinendegen, L. E. (1991). "Radiation risk of tissue late effects, a net consequence of probabilities of various cellular responses." European Journal of Nuclear Medicine 18(9): 740-51.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Paper Summary/Data: [Summary]

Goldman, M. (1995). Quo vadis health physics?,. Health Physics Newsletter,: 3.
1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
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Jaworowski, Z. (1995). "Beneficial Radiation." Nukleonika 40: 3-11.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
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Jaworowski, Z. (1995). "Stimulating effects of ionizing radiation: New issues for regulatory policy." Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 22(2).
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]
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Monro, A. M. (2001). "Toxicologists - come out and educate!" Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 22(6): 325-327.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link: [PubMed]

Mossman, K. L. (1998). "The linear no-threshold debate: where do we go from here? [published erratum appears in Med Phys 1998 May;25(5):794]." Medical Physics 25(3): 279-84; discussion 300.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link:  [PubMed]

Paperiello, C. J. (2000). "Risk assessment and risk management implications of hormesis." Journal of Applied Toxicology 20(2): 147-148.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Web Abstract/link:  [PubMed]

Renn, O. (1998). "Implications of the hormesis hypothesis for risk perception and communication." Human & Experimental Toxicology 17(8): 431-438.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost

Walinder, G. (1996). Some views on the theoretical basis of radiological risk estimations, I. The linear, no-threshold theory, preprint.
1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Paper Summary/Data: [Summary]

Yalow, R. S. (1994). Concerns with Low Level Ionizing Radiation. ANS Trans. 71: ****.
Topic Number(s): 1.1 Radiation Health Effects: Risk vs. Perception, Protection, and Cost
Paper Summary/Data: [Summary]

 

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