Exposure of the population in the United States and Canada from natural background radiation
Book
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OSTI ID:6768658
The present report updates and supersedes NCRP Report No. 45 (NCRP, 1975a) and includes the absorbed doses to the population due to radiation from cosmic sources, radionuclides in the earth, internally deposited radionuclides, inhaled radioactivity and fallout from nuclear weapons tests. Notable additions to the earlier report are an emphasis on the radon contribution to population exposures and the inclusion of Canadian data. The report represents one important source of information for the overall summary effort, NCRP Report No. 93, Ionizing Radiation Exposure of the Population of the United States. 312 refs., 23 figs., 62 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6768658
- Report Number(s):
- NCRP-94; ON: TI88015590
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Health
& Safety
560151* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Man
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CANADA
COSMIC RADIATION
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISTRIBUTION
DOSE EQUIVALENTS
DOSIMETRY
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPLOSIONS
FALLOUT
FORECASTING
HEAVY NUCLEI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INHALATION
INTAKE
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
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LIGHT NUCLEI
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NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POLONIUM 210
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POPULATIONS
POTASSIUM 40
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
RUBIDIUM 87
RUBIDIUM ISOTOPES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
THORIUM 228
THORIUM 230
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USA
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES