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