Radiation Exposure and Cancer: Case Study

Genevieve M. Matanoski1, John D. Boice, Jr.2, Stephen L. Brown3, Ethel S. Gilbert4, Jerome S. Puskin5 and Tara O'Toole6

1 Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
2 International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD.
3 Risks of Radiation and Chemical Compounds, Oakland, CA.
4 Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD.
5 US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
6 Annapolis, MD.

Abbreviations: ALARA, as low as reasonably achievable; BEIR, Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation; ICRP, International Commission on Radiation Protection; NCRP, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; UNSCEAR, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.

NOTES

Reprint requests to Dr. Genevieve Matanoski, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 850, Baltimore, MD 21202-6709 (e-mail:gmatanos{at}jhsph.edu).

Received for publication April 27, 2001. Accepted for publication August 29, 2001.





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