Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation - 2 volumes

This report summarizes the developments in radiation science in the years leading up to the new millennium, drawn on the main conclusion of the scientific assessments of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). This Volume I comprises of scientific annexes aimed at the general scientific community, specifically presents findings on: the dose assessment methodologies, the natural radiation exposure, the man-made environmental exposure, the medical radiation exposure, and the occupational radiation exposure. The publication is a unique scientific basis for estimating radiation risk, establishing radiation protection and safety standards and regulating radiation sources, for governments and organizations throughout the world.

Summarizes recent developments in radiation science. Overviews effects and levels of radiation exposure and the radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident, then examines natural, man-made, medical, and occupational sources of radiation exposure, looks at radiation- associated cancer, and details the release of radionuclides during the Chernobyl accident and exposure of individuals. Contains appendices of scientific data on dose assessment methodologies, exposures from natural radiation sources, exposures to the public from man-made sources of radiation, medical radiation exposures, and occupational exposures. Lacks a subject index.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR