Has Radiation Protection Become a Health Hazard Price Reduced!
Author: Gunnar WalinderISBN: 9780944838969 ISBN10: 0944838960
Published: 2000 | 166 pp | Softcover
Price: $ 19.95 List Price 39.95
Table of Contents
Contents
Presentation of the Problem
Biological Effects
2.1 Genetic Effects
2.2 Radiation-induced Effects in the Fetus
Development of the Fetal Brain
Effect of Prenatal Irradiation on the IQ
Effects of Radiation on the Brains of Animal Fetuses
2.3 Cancer
Differentiation and Cancer
Cellular Transformation
Promotion
Progression and Metastasis
Growth Factors and Hormones
Immunological Defense Against Tumor Formation
What Does Modern Oncology Tell Us?
Epidemiology
Epistemology
The Biological Premises of the ICRP's Recommendations
5.1 The Stochastic Nature of Radiogenic Cancer and Threshold Doses
5.2 The Inhibitory Effects of Doctrines
Consequences of the Official Approach to Radiation Risk
Summary
Glossary
References