Effects on Populations of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation (1972) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter II NEEDS OF THE TIMES A Quantification of Risk Deleterious effects in individuals and populations of living organisms cannot be attributed to exposure to ionizing radiation at levels near that of average natural background except by inference.
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limited resources on health gains from reducing contamination or by spending for other societal needs. It must be emphasized that there are many inherent problems in cost-benefit analysis that will prevent rigorous application in the very complex systems of present concern to society.
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exposure of the population may call for some control effort, the magnitude of which increases with the dose. 5.4 Under certain conditions, such as widespread radioactive contamination of the environment, the only data available may be related to average contamination or exposure levels.
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preaches. It is suggested that numerical radiation standards be considered for each major type of radiation exposure based upon the results of cost-benefit analysis.
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