The identification and quantitation of environmental risk in humans
is one of the main problems to be solved in order to improve the
protection of individuals and of human populations against phys
ical and chemical pollutants. Epidemiology plays a central role in
the evaluation of health risk directly in human populations. In
this volume are collected 33 lectures presented at the AS course on
"Epidemiology and quanti tat ion of environmental risk in humans
from radiation and other agents: potential and limitations,"
sponsored by NATO and Italian Association of Radiobiology and or
ganized by ENEA. The course has been devoted to a number of aspects
of environ mental risk analysis and evaluation based on
epidemiological in vestigation. Basic epidemiological concepts and
methods have been reviewed. Fundamentals of dosimetry and
microdosimetry were presented in re lation to the contribution of
epidemiology in defining the dose effect relationships for
radiation carcinogenesis and its relation with age, sex and
ethnicity. The mechanisms of carcinogenesis as a multi-stage
process were illustrated. One of the main topics was 'cancer
epidemiology' and its cor relation with: - occupational and
non-occupational exposure to ra diation - diagnostic and
therapeutic irradiation - cancer proneness - hereditary and
familiar diseases - abnormal response to carcino gens -
environmental pollution in air and water - exposure to radon in
mines and in building material - atomic bomb explosion - chemo
therapy - dioxin and related compounds."
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
NATO ASI Subseries A:, 96 |
| Release date: |
April 2013 |
| First published: |
1985 |
| Editors: |
A. Castellani
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
584 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4615-9447-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Professional & Technical >
Veterinary science >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4615-9447-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781461594475 |
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