Health aspects of low-level ionizing radiation.
Biological effects of small multiples of the natural ionizing radiation environment are addressed and attention paid to potential public health problems in nuclear technology. Implications for the employment of radiation in the healing arts are discussed. Formidable mathematical obstacles are noted due to the fact that health effects at low-level radiation doses are generally inferred from observations at much larger doses. Practical cost-effective decision-making consistent with sound radiologic health must take into account the breadth of current scientific uncertainties.
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Bureau for Radiation Control, New York City Department of Health, New York 10013.
D000016:Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced; D001417:Background Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011831:Radiation Genetics