Radiation carcinogenesis

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/15287398009529918· OSTI ID:6638361

Rantanen, J

In radiation-induced carcinogenesis the stages of initiation, transformation, and promotion can be identified. Radiation carcinogenesis is a stochastic phenomenon that does not exhibit any threshold in the dose-response relationship. The most important risk to be controlled is that of the population - either industrial or medical - exposed to radiation at low levels and low dose rates. Despite the expanding use of radiation, the average doses in most industrialized societies have not been increasing during the last few years. However, sensitive subpopulations with high cancer risks are included within the present low-level average exposure figures.

• Research Organization: Inst. of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
• OSTI ID: 6638361
• Journal Information: J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States), Journal Name: J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States) Vol. 6:5; ISSN JTEHD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
CARCINOGENESIS
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DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
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ENERGY TRANSFER
HAMSTERS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LATENCY PERIOD
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MAMMALS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATIONS
PATHOGENESIS
PERSONNEL
RADIATIONS
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOLOGY
RISK ASSESSMENT
RODENTS
UNITED NATIONS
UNSCEAR
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