Uncertainties in the estimation of radiation risks and probability of disease causation : recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements.

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Corporate Author: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, Md. : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, [2012], ©2012.
Series:NCRP report ; no. 171.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Uncertainties in epidemiological studies
  • Uncertainties in major radioepidemiological studies
  • Animal and cellular data that support epidemiological studies : biomarkers and mechanisms
  • Quantification of uncertainty in radiation risk for excess lifetime risk projection and probability of causation
  • Uncertainties in noncancer effects
  • Uncertainties in heritable effects of radiation
  • Role of risk estimates and their uncertainty in radiation protection
  • Identification of new epidemiological data for assessing uncertainty in risk estimations
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Appendix A. Historical review of uses of estimates of risk and their uncertainty in radiation protection.