Interagency task force on the health effects of ionizing radiation. final report

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6364033

This is the final report of the task force and incorporates the findings and recommendations of six smaller work groups, each with a more specific focus; i.e., science, privacy, care and benefits, exposure reduction, public information, and institutional arrangements. A research agenda that could provide some answers to questions about the effects of low-level radiation is proposed, along with recommendations to facilitate research. A public information program is outlined. Recommendations are advanced to improve systems that deliver care and benefits to those who may have been injured by exposure to radiation, and proposals for steps that might reduce unnecessary radiation exposure in the future are identified. The task force also recommends measures to institutionalize the interagency cooperation that characterized the task force. Three tables and one figure show the collective estimates of the U.S. general population, Federal research financing, cancer linked to radiation in particular populations, and a general dose-response model.

• Research Organization: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC (USA). Office of the Secretary
• OSTI ID: 6364033
• Report Number(s): HRP-0030805/6; TRN: 81-011595
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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