Low-dose ionizing radiation exposure: Understanding the risk for cellular transformation

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-100

  De Saint Georges, L ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hormesis; Ionizing radiation; Risk; Threshold dose

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HORMESIS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 5744226825     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP Publication 60, Annals of the ICRP Vol 23 no 1-3, 1990 Pergamon Press.
2. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 1994 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes. Annex B: Adaptive responses to radiation in cells and organisms.
3. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with scientific annexes Volume II: EFFECTS Annex F: DNA repair and mutagenesis (72 pages) Annex G: Biological effects at low radiation doses (103 pages).