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Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program, author.

Title Assessment of scientific information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program : interim report / National Research Council (US) Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
Published Washington (DC) : National Academies Press (US), 2003

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Contents Cover -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. RISK OVERVIEW -- 1.1 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RADIATION DOSIMETRY -- 1.2. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RADIATION BIOLOGY -- 1.3. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RADIATION EPIDEMIOLOGY -- Risk to Uranium Miners, Millers and Ore Transporters -- Risks to Downwinders and Onsite Nuclear-Test Participants -- 2. SCREENING OVERVIEW -- 2.1 ETHICS OF SCREENING -- 2.2. ETHICS AND FOLLOW-UP SERVICES -- 3. IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND REFERRAL SERVICES -- Deficits in knowledge and knowledge-based skills -- Barriers -- Strategies -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A Comments on Methods Proposed by HRSA and its Grantees -- COMMENTS ON BPHC POLICY INFORMATION NOTICE 2002-17 -- General Comments -- Specific Comments -- COMMENTS ON SCREENING PROPOSALS -- APPENDIX B Radiation Exposure Compensation Act -- APPENDIX C List of Reviewers -- APPENDIX D Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program -- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF
Summary In response to a request from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the National Research Council convened a committee to assess the recent biologic, epidemiologic, and related scientific evidence associating radiation exposure with cancers or other human health effects. HRSA requested that the National Research Council committee provide an interim report to the agency and its grantees as preliminary guidance on the conduct of the ongoing and proposed activities. This interim report is based on the committee's review and assessment of the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) Policy Information Notice 2002-173 and its current grantees' proposals. It provides the committee's findings related to the most recent scientific information about radiation exposure and cancer and advice on improving access and quality of screening, education, and referrals. The intent of this interim report is to assist the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) staff to develop an action plan that is consistent with best medical and educational practices and the current state of science. The potential impact of recent developments in radiation dosimetry, radiation biology, and radiation epidemiology on the risk-assessment process is discussed for the purposes of establishing whether the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act populations are likely to be at greater or less risk of cancer as the result of prior exposure to radiation than is currently estimated
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject United States. Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program.
SUBJECT United States Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (United States) fast
Subject Radiation -- Physiological effect.
Radiation -- Safety measures.
Radiation dosimetry.
Health services accessibility.
Radiation Injuries -- diagnosis
Radiation Protection
Radiometry
Risk Assessment -- methods
Radiologic Health -- education
Health Services Accessibility
Mass Screening
Government Programs
dosimetry.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biophysics.
Health services accessibility
Radiation dosimetry
Radiation -- Physiological effect
Radiation -- Safety measures
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0309573858
9780309573856
1280246421
9781280246425