The distinctive feature of the atomic bomb is the large amount of radiant energy that it
produces. While this energy covers a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, its chief …

Subject: N48510*-Life Sciences-Radiation Effects on Animals-Man; AGE-DOSE-
RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS-LEUKEMIA-MAN-NEOPLASMS-RADIATION INJURIES …

[en] Japanese bomb survivor experience has shown that a single, very brief radiation
exposure, a few tens of seconds in duration, is able to induce a considerable variety of …

Although ionizing radiation can apparently induce neoplasms of virtually all types, the
relation between tumor incidence and dose varies, depending on the type of neoplasm …

New additions since 1968 to the literature on radiation carcinogenesis in man support the
earlier conclusion of an approximately linear increase in cancer incidence in a broad …

The present studies were undertaken to examine the time-dose relationships for the
induction of lung adenocarcinomas and mammary adenocarcinomas in female BALB/c mice …

Epidemiological methods have undergone constant changes as their use has extended from
the study of infections to the study of other diseases. Presently the field of radiology appears …

Methods Female strain OBA mice bred in the laboratory were used. Batches of 10 to 30
boxes of litter mates aged 8 to 11 weeks were randomly distributed so that each …

Although this assumption remains to be refuted, the exist ence of risks has been
demonstrated at progressively lower and lower dose levels by epidemiological investiga …

The late effects or irradiation stem from cell killing, mutation, and malignant transformation.
Cancer is the major somatic late effect of exposure to low dose levels of radiation, and …