title: [Ionizing radiation and health: data and objectives].
abstract: Three dimensions must be considered to analyze the consequences of exposure to ionozing radiation on public health: assessment of exposure, measure of the public health risk, and monitoring the perception of risk by the population. We reviewed these three dimension for several situations of exposure to ionizing radiation: exposure related to the Chernobyl accident, occupational exposure, military-related exposure and medical exposure. For each situation, we discuss the pertinence of available data an monitoring systems used in France, and propose when necessary new systems. An extension of the cancer registries to the entire country would be a significant progress in terms of research and surveillance. This must be discussed in terms of potential utility in other domains of public health.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 292, Service de Santé Publique, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 82, rue du Général Leclerc, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France. spira@vjf.inserm.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spira
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slama
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011210:Power Plants; D011634:Public Health; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011859:Radiography / Q000009:adverse effects; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012042:Registries; D012098:Reproduction / Q000528:radiation effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D014455:Ukraine; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants
vernacular_title: Rayonnements ionisants et santé. Quelles données pour quels objectifs?