Commentary: Ethical issues of current health-protection policies on low-dose ionizing radiation

Dose-Response

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 342-348

  Socol, Yehoshua ^a   Dobrzyński, Ludwik ^b   Doss, Mohan ^c   Feinendegen, Ludwig E ^d   Janiak, Marek K ^e   Miller, Mark L ^f   Sanders, Charles L ^a   Scott, Bobby R ^g   Ulsh, Brant ^h   Vaiserman, Alexander ⁱ  

^a Academic Forum for Nuclear Awareness ^*

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

^f SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h MH Chew and Associates   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Hormesis; Low dose radiation; Risk

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR NO THRESHOLD MODEL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOPHOBIA; TERRORISM;

EID: 84896508291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.13-044.Socol     Document Type: Article

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