Article
Radiation risk estimation in human populations: lessons from the radiological accident in Brazil.
Mutation research - 3 Feb 1997
da Cruz A D, Volpe J P, Saddi V, Curry J, Curadoc M P, Glickman B W
Abstract excerpt
The development of radiological and nuclear technologies and the deployment of nuclear weapons have made ionizing radiation one of the most studied human mutagens. Exposure to ionizing radiation produces DNA damage which can result in mutation and cancer, making the risk associated with human exp...
Topics
- Air Pollution, Radioactive
- Brazil
- Cesium Radioisotopes
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Humans
- Micronucleus Tests
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Radioactive Hazard Release