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

Abstract

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.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC (USA). Office of the Secretary
OSTI Identifier:
6364033
Report Number(s):
HRP-0030805/6
TRN: 81-011595
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; IONIZING RADIATIONS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECOMMENDATIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; LOW DOSE IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION INJURIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGY; DOSES; INJURIES; IRRADIATION; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man

Citation Formats

. Interagency task force on the health effects of ionizing radiation. final report. United States: N. p., 1979. Web.
. Interagency task force on the health effects of ionizing radiation. final report. United States.
. 1979. "Interagency task force on the health effects of ionizing radiation. final report". United States.
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