Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
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 />
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Abbreviations<br />
Bq Becquerel<br />
Gy Gray<br />
Km Kilometer<br />
Rad radiation absorbed dose<br />
Rem Roentgen equivalent in man<br />
Sv Sievert