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Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University

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Acronyms & Abbreviations<br />

Acronyms<br />

AEA Atomic Energy Authority<br />

ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia<br />

AML acute myelogenous leukemia<br />

BEIR Committee on the Biological Effects <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Ionizing</strong> <strong>Radiation</strong><br />

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />

CEDE committed effective dose equivalent<br />

CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia<br />

CML chronic myeloid leukemia<br />

CNS central nervous system<br />

CT computed tomography, or CAT scan<br />

LNHL leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma<br />

DOE Department <strong>of</strong> Energy<br />

AEC Atomic Energy Commission<br />

ABCC Atomic Bomb Causality Commission<br />

RERF <strong>Radiation</strong> Effects Research Foundation<br />

NTS Nevada Test Site<br />

STS Semipalatinsk Test Site<br />

SRS Savannah River Site<br />

SMR standardized mortality ratio<br />

SIR standardized incidence ratio<br />

RR relative risk<br />

DDE deep dose equivalent<br />

DNA deoxyribo nucleic acid<br />

DOT Department <strong>of</strong> Transportation<br />

DREF dose rate effectiveness factor<br />

EAR excess absolute risk<br />

ECRR European Committee on <strong>Radiation</strong> Risk<br />

EPA Environmental Protection Agency<br />

ERDA Energy Research and Development<br />

Administration<br />

ERR excess relative risk<br />

FDA Food and Drug Administration<br />

HTDS Hanford Thyroid Disease Study<br />

ICRP International Commission on Radiological<br />

Protection<br />

LDE lens dose equivalent<br />

LET linear energy transfer<br />

LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<br />

LSS Life Span Study<br />

NAS National Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences<br />

NCHS National Center for <strong>Health</strong> Statistics<br />

NCI National Cancer Institute<br />

NCRP National Council on <strong>Radiation</strong> Protection<br />

and Measurements<br />

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission<br />

NRPB UK National Radiological Protection<br />

Board<br />

NRRW National Registry for <strong>Radiation</strong> Workers<br />

OPCS Office <strong>of</strong> Population Censuses and Surveys<br />

ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory<br />

OSCC Oxford Survey <strong>of</strong> Childhood Cancers<br />

OSHA Occupational Safety and <strong>Health</strong><br />

Administration<br />

PPI paternal preconception irradiation<br />

RAC Radiological Assessments Corporation<br />

RBE relative biological effectiveness<br />

RNMDR Russian National Medical and<br />

Dosimetric Registry<br />

RPG radiation protection guides<br />

SDE shallow dose equivalent<br />

TEDE total effective dose equivalent<br />

TMI Three Mile Island<br />

TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone<br />

UK United Kingdom<br />

UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific<br />

Committee on the Effects <strong>of</strong> Atomic<br />

<strong>Radiation</strong><br />

WL Working Level<br />

WLM Working Level Month<br />

196<br />

Abbreviations<br />

Bq Becquerel<br />

Gy Gray<br />

Km Kilometer<br />

Rad radiation absorbed dose<br />

Rem Roentgen equivalent in man<br />

Sv Sievert

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