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Title Exposure of the American people to Iodine-131 from Nevada nuclear-bomb tests : review of the National Cancer Institute report and public health implications / Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, and Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Contract Number NO1-OD-4-2139, TO35)"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of the NCI Radiation Dose Reconstruction -- 3. Health Risks of I-131 Exposure -- 4. Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy -- 5. Communicating with the Public about Exposure to I-131 -- 6. Research Needs -- App. A. Study Activities -- App. B. Copy of the Memorandum from Dr. Charles Land to Dr. Richard Klausner -- App. C. Calculation of Collective Thyroid Dose to the U.S. Population from the Release of [superscript 131]I from the Nuclear Weapons Tests in Nevada -- App. D. Thyroid Cancer in Idaho, 1970-1996 -- App. E. Applicable Radiation Exposure Standards and Guides: Past and Present -- App. F. Screening for Thyroid Cancer: Background Paper.
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Subject Ionizing radiation -- Dosage.
Ionizing radiation -- Dosage.
Nevada National Security Site (Nev.)
Iodine -- Isotopes -- Toxicology -- United States.
Iodine -- Isotopes -- Toxicology.
United States.
Iodine -- Isotopes.
Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Health risk assessment -- United States.
Nuclear weapons testing victims.
Health risk assessment.
Thyroid gland -- Cancer -- United States -- Epidemiology.
Thyroid gland -- Cancer.
Epidemiology.
Radiation carcinogenesis -- United States.
Radiation carcinogenesis.
Radiation Dosage.
Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects.
Public Health.
Public Policy.
Radiation Effects.
Radiation, Ionizing.
United States.
Genre/Form EBooks (www)
Electronic books.
Added Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests.
Other Form: Print version: Exposure of the American people to Iodine-131 from Nevada nuclear-bomb tests. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999 030906175X (DLC) 98083277 (OCoLC)41596959
ISBN 0585047294 (electronic book)
9780585047294 (electronic book)
9780309061759
030906175X
030906175X