Table of Contents:
  • Radiation and public perception / Rosalyn S. Yalow
  • Public perception of radiation risks / William R. Hendee
  • Basic units and concepts in radiation exposures / R.L. Mlekodaj
  • Department of Energy radiation health studies : past, present, and future / Terry L. Thomas and Robert Goldsmith
  • The U.S. transuranium and uranium registries / Ronald L. Kathren
  • Lung cancer mortality and radon exposure : a test of the linear-no-threshold model of radiation carcinogenesis / Bernard L. Cohen and Graham A. Colditz
  • Evidence of cancer risk from experimental animal radon studies / Fredrick T. Cross
  • Evaluating the safety of irradiated foods / George H. Pauli
  • Cancer incidence and mortality after iodine-131 therapy for hyperthyroidism / Per Hall and Lars-Erik Holm
  • The genetic effects of human exposures to ionizing radiation / James V. Neel
  • Studies of children in utero during atomic bomb detonations / Y. Yoshimoto [and others]
  • Cancer risks among atomic bomb survivors / William J. Schull
  • A health assessment of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident / Fred A. Mettler, Jr., and Jonathan E. Briggs
  • Health studies of U.S. women radium dial workers / A.F. Stehney
  • Evaluating health risks in communities near nuclear facilities / A. James Ruttenber
  • Health effects on populations exposed to low-level radiation in China / Lüxin Wei
  • Health and mortality among contractor employees at U.S. Department of Energy facilities / Shirley A. Fry [and others]
  • Does nuclear power have a future? / John F. Ahearne
  • Science, society, and U.S. nuclear waste / Ginger P. King.