Risk estimation and decision-making: implications of the 1980 BEIR-III report

Conference · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5816563

Fabrikant, J I

The report gives a general background of the implications the current Report of the Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (The BEIR-III Report) may have on societal decision-making in the regulation of activities concerned with the health effects of low-level radiation. (ACR)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA); California Univ., San Francisco (USA). Dept. of Radiology
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5816563
• Report Number(s): LBL-13407; CONF-8104128-1; ON: DE82002868; TRN: 82-004914
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference on radiation exposure on pediatric dentistry, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 22 Apr 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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