Radiation Hormesis and the Linear-No-Threshold Assumption
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...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2010.
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
- Natural Environmental Radiation
- Accidents, Tests, and Incidents
- Medical Exposures and Workers
- Nuclear Workers
- Biased Epidemiological Studies
- Evidence Negating the Healthy Worker Eff ect
- Lung Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Leukemia
- Liver, CNS, and Thyroid Cancers
- Lifespan, Birth Defects, and Experimental Cancer
- Animal and Human Cancer Therapeutic Studies
- Conclusions, Summary, and Importance.