Low Dose Exposures in the Environment

Dose-Effect Relations and Risk Evaluation

von K. Prieß, J. G. Hengstler, E. Rehbinder, D. Follesdal, C. Streffer, E. Swaton, P. Jacob, H. Bolt, P. Hall, D. Oughton

492 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

1 Introduction.- 2 Ethical Aspects of Risk.- 3 Effects of Ionising Radiation in the Low-Dose Range - Radiobiological Basis.- 4 Toxicology of Chemical Carcinogens.- 5 Epidemiological Perspectives on Low-Dose Exposure to Human Carcinogens.- 6 Mathematical Models of Carcinogenesis.- 7 Comparing Summary of Action of Ionising Radiation and Chemicals in Carcinogenesis.- 8 Hypothesis Testing and the Choice of the Dose-Response Model.- 9 Risk Evaluation and Communication.- 10 Low Doses in Health-Related Environmental Law.- 11 Summary.- 12 Zusammenfassung.- 13 Recommendations for Environmental Risks to Human Health: Evaluation and Regulatory Processes.- 14 Glossary.- 15 Abbreviations.- 16 List of Authors.

• Reihe: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Chemie Umweltchemie
• ISBN: 9783642059230
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.2010
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer Spektrum