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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Contents v<br />
APPENDIX A .......................................................................................................................... 175<br />
Leukemia ............................................................................................................................ 175<br />
A.1 About the Disease ..................................................................................................... 175<br />
A.2 Atomic Bomb Survivors ........................................................................................... 176<br />
A.3 Medical Exposures ................................................................................................... 176<br />
Adult medical exposures .................................................................................... 176<br />
Childhood medical exposures ............................................................................ 177<br />
Medical exposure in utero .................................................................................. 177<br />
Radiology occupation ........................................................................................ 177<br />
A.4 Worders ..................................................................................................................... 177<br />
A.5 Fallout ....................................................................................................................... 178<br />
Nuclear Weapons Testing ................................................................................... 178<br />
Chernobyl ........................................................................................................... 178<br />
A.6 Discussion ................................................................................................................. 178<br />
APPENDIX B .......................................................................................................................... 181<br />
Thyroid disease ......................................................................................................................... 181<br />
B.1 Introduction to the Thyroid ....................................................................................... 181<br />
B.2 External <strong>Radiation</strong> and Thyroid Cancer ................................................................... 182<br />
B.3 Internal <strong>Radiation</strong> and Thyroid Cancer .................................................................... 183<br />
Fallout ................................................................................................................ 183<br />
Chernobyl ........................................................................................................... 183<br />
Medical exposure ............................................................................................... 184<br />
B.4 Non-cancer Thyroid Disease .................................................................................... 184<br />
B.5 Discussion ................................................................................................................. 185<br />
APPENDIX C .......................................................................................................................... 187<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> preconception exposure studies ............................................................................. 187<br />
APPENDIX D .......................................................................................................................... 194<br />
Recent information .................................................................................................................... 194<br />
Fifteen-country worker study .................................................................................................... 194<br />
Techa River cohort .................................................................................................................... 194<br />
BEIR VII ............................................................................................................................ 195<br />
Acronyms & Abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 196<br />
Glossary <strong>of</strong> Terms for Epidemiology and <strong>Radiation</strong> ................................................................ 197<br />
Bibliography ............................................................................................................................ 211<br />
Index ............................................................................................................................ 243