Has Radiation Protection Become a Health Hazard  Price Reduced!

Author:  Gunnar Walinder
ISBN:  9780944838969      ISBN10:  0944838960
Published:  2000 | 166 pp |  Softcover

Price:   $ 19.95      was 39.95


  




Table of Contents


Contents

Presentation of the Problem

Biological Effects
2.1 Genetic Effects
2.2 Radiation-induced Effects in the Fetus

Development of the Fetal Brain

Effect of Prenatal Irradiation on the IQ

Effects of Radiation on the Brains of Animal Fetuses
2.3 Cancer

Differentiation and Cancer

Cellular Transformation

Promotion

Progression and Metastasis

Growth Factors and Hormones

Immunological Defense Against Tumor Formation

What Does Modern Oncology Tell Us?

Epidemiology

Epistemology

The Biological Premises of the ICRP's Recommendations
5.1 The Stochastic Nature of Radiogenic Cancer and Threshold Doses
5.2 The Inhibitory Effects of Doctrines

Consequences of the Official Approach to Radiation Risk

Summary

Glossary

References