Article
Risk calculations for hereditary effects of ionizing radiation in humans.
Human genetics - 1 May 1992
Vogel F
Abstract excerpt
A prediction of the extent to which an additional dose of ionizing radiation increases the natural germ cell mutation rate, and how much such an increase will affect the health status of future human populations is part of the service that human geneticists are expected to offer to human society....
Topics
- Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced
- Age Factors
- Female
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Global Health
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
- Radiation Dosage
- Radiation Injuries
- Risk
- Risk Factors
- United Nations
- United States