title: NCRP Program Area Committee 1: Basic Criteria, Epidemiology, Radiobiology and Risk.
abstract: NCRP Program Area Committee (PAC) 1 addresses fundamental issues on basic criteria, epidemiology, radiation biology, and risk with regard to radiation protection and measurements. PAC 1 has overseen the work of Scientific Committee 1-22, which produced a Commentary published in November 2014 and has four active committees working on reports or commentaries providing guidance to a number of U.S. government agencies in diverse areas, including effects of low dose and low energy radiations and space radiation.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cox 302, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114; †Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Kathryn D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: Gayle E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Woloschak
mesh_terms: D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards*; D011853:Radiobiology; D011874:Radiometry / Q000592:standards*; D012306:Risk; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*