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Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests: Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implica
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Institute of Medicine (Author)
ISBN: 030906175X     ISBN-13: 9780309061759
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE:   $45.60  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 1999
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Annotation: In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report that provided their assessment of radiation exposures Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the period 1951 to 1962. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate:
-- Past radiation doses.
-- Possible health consequences of exposure to I-131.
-- Implications for clinical practice.
-- Possible public health strategies -- such as systematic screening for thyroid cancer -- to respond to the exposures.

In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about I-131 exposures and health risks.
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Health Risk Assessment
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
- Medical | Public Health
Dewey: 362.196
LCCN: 98-83277
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.02" W x 8.99" (1.04 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Nevada
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
 
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In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate:

  • Past radiation doses.
  • Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131.
  • Implications for clinical practice.
  • Possible public health strategies?such as systematic screening for thyroid cancer?to respond to the exposures.

In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about Iodine-131 exposures and health risks.