World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 248: Radiation Hazards in Perspective

By A. M. Brues

Book Id: WPLBN0000100713
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 248: Radiation Hazards in Perspective
Author:	A. M. Brues
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
1. INTRODUCTION Throughout history, mankind has been exposed to a wide variety of hazardous factors in his environment, to many of which, over thousands of years, he has been able to make successful adjustment. In recent years,, the hazards of ionizing radiation have caused particular anxiety because of the variety of malignant and other changes that may follow irradiation -sometimes after prolonged latency or, in the case of genetic changes, in subsequent generations-and also because of the widespread and increasing exposure of people to radioactive fallout and other man-made sources of radiation.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . Differences in approach to radiological and toxicological risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 . Chemical toxicity in comparison with radiation injury 11 3.1 Occupational exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.2 Residential risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 . Carcinogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.1 Natural sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.2 Occupational sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4.3 Conventional hazards of living . . . . . . . . . 20 4.4 Self-imposed hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.5 General remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 . Genetic effects of radiation. chemicals and temperature 23 5.1 The hereditary burden in man . . . . . . . . . 24 5.2 Production of mutations by radiation . . . . . . 25 5.3 Genetic effects of chemicals . . . . . . . . . . 27 5.4 Potential mutagens in the enj-ironment of man . 31 5.5 Gonad temperature and mutation rate . . . . . 32 5.6 General remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6 . Shortening of life-span and the problem of aging . . 34 7 . Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 8 . Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37