Radiation Standards, Including Fallout: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, Eighty-seventh Session, on Radiation Standards, Including Fallout. June 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1962, Volume 1, Part 1Reviews and updates information on radiation standards including fallout, genetic consequences of radiation exposure, and role and function of Federal Radiation Council and private organizations in administering radiation standards. Includes, "Monitoring-Surveillance Activities in U.S.," by James G. Terrill, Jr., Dep Chief, Div of Radiological Health, HEW, June 5, 1962 (p. 179-237). |
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Major problems relating to radiation protection standards | 9 |
Assessment and control measures | 24 |
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