Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sanders, Charles L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Environmental health.; Medicine & Public Health.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Environmental Health.

Current radiation protection standards are based upon the application of the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption, which considers that even very low doses of ionizing radiation can cause cancer. The radiation hormesis hypothesis, by contrast, proposes that low-dose ionizing radiation is not only sa...