Health effects in women exposed to low levels of ionizing radiation

Conference · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5239099

Fabrikant, J I

There are three delayed health effects of radiation which appear at the present time to have importance to women in radiation protection. These are: (1) the probability of cancer-induction at low doses and low-dose rates; (2) the consideration of those cancers in women, notably the breast and the thyroid, attributable to radiation exposure; and (3) the probability of induction of developmental abnormalities in the newborn following low-dose exposure in utero. The bases for the concern over these effects are discussed. (ACR)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5239099
• Report Number(s): LBL-14198; CONF-820655-4; ON: DE82018620; TRN: 82-016493
• Resource Relation: Conference: Health Physics Society annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 27 Jun 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
IONIZING RADIATIONS
CARCINOGENESIS
WOMEN
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
AGE DEPENDENCE
DOSE RATES
EPIDEMIOLOGY
LET
LOW DOSE IRRADIATION
MAMMARY GLANDS
NEOPLASMS
PRENATAL EXPOSURE
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEX DEPENDENCE
TERATOGENESIS
THYROID
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
DISEASES
ENDOCRINE GLANDS
ENERGY TRANSFER
FEMALES
GLANDS
IRRADIATION
MAMMALS
MAN
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PRIMATES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
VERTEBRATES
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