The Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiations: A Second Report to the Medical Research Council |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE TYPES OF RADIATION AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS | 2 |
Effects of variations in doserate | 7 |
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90 to calcium accident Agricultural Research Council assessment atmosphere Atomic Energy Authority average body bone marrow caesium 137 calcium calculated carbon 14 cent chromosomes chronic myeloid leukaemia Commission on Radiological Committee on Protection concentration contamination cosmic radiation deposited diet dose received dose-rate doses of radiation effects of radiation estimated evidence exposure to radiation external radiation factor fission products gamma rays genetically effective dose germ cells gonads gramme of calcium H.M. Stationery Office hazards human incidence of leukaemia increase individual induced intake International Commission iodine Ionizing Radiations irradiation maximum permissible level Mayneord mean dose-rate measurements medical radiology Medical Research Council mice micro-microcuries milk mrads nuclear explosions nucleides occupational exposure occupationally exposed occur particles period Permissible doses population Protection against Ionizing radiation dose radioactive materials rads rate of fall-out ratio of strontium recommendations rems soil stratosphere strontium 90 thyroid tissues total dose United Kingdom values Windscale workers X-rays