Radiation Protection Radiation Protection

Likelihood
of health
effects
100%
(certainty)
~ 10%
~5%
(UNSCEAR
estimate)
~ 1%
Typical
Background
Approx.
lower bound of
epidemiological
knowledge
Estimated Estimated likelihood likelihood of of cancer cancer
~0,1
Region of inference
of radiation risks
Approx.
lower bound
of pathological
knowledge
Increased
syndromes
and death
Dose (Sv)
~1 ~10
Region of individual
attribution of effects
Region of collective attribution of effects
95