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Radiation Epidemiology Branch

2004 Radiation Epidemiology Course Readings

Presentations | Speakers | Suggested Reading

  • Boice JD Jr., Land CE, Preston DL. Ionizing radiation. (p. 319-354). In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF, Jr., Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press: New York, 1996.
  • Land CE. Estimating cancer risks from low doses of ionizing radiation. Science 1980; 209:1197-1203.
  • Hall EJ. Radiobiology for the radiologist. (5th ed.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins: Baltimore, 2000.
  • UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation). Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. Volume I: Sources. United Nations: New York, 2000.
  • UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation). Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. Volume II: Effects. United Nations: New York, 2000.
  • Moysich KB, Menezez RJ, Michalek AM. Chernobyl-related ionising radiation exposure and cancer risk: an epidemiological review. The Lancet 2002: 3:269-79 (Maureen Hatch, May 11)
  • C. von Sonntag. The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology. Taylor & Francis, London, 1987 (Miral Dizdaroglu, May 5)
  • Farhataziz and M.A.J. Rodgers (Eds.). Radiation Chemistry VCH Publishers, Inc., N. York, 1987 (Miral Dizdaroglu, May 5)
  • International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) Report 68, "Retrospective Assessment of Exposures to Ionising Radiation"
  • International Commission on Radiological Protection 1991, Publication 60 "The 1990 Recommendations of the Commission" Annals of the ICRP 21 (1-3) 1991.(Sinclair, May 13)
  • National Council on Radiation Protection 1993 NCRP Report no. 116. "Limitation of Exposure on Ionizing Radiation" National Council on Radiation Protection, Bethesda, MD. 1993. (Sinclair, May 13)
  • United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 2000. Report to the General Assembly with Annexes. (Sinclair, May 13)
  • NAS/NRC 1990 BEIR V "Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation" National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. (Sinclair, May 13)
  • W.K. Sinclair, 2000 "Dose Limits for Astronauts" Health Physics 79 (5), 585-590. (Sinclair, May 13)
  • National Council on Radiation Protection, 2000. "Radiation Protection Guidance for Activities in Low-Earth Orbit" NCRP Report 132. National Council on Radiation Protection, Bethesda, MD. (Sinclair, May 13)
  • A.C. Upton, R. Albert, F.J. Burns and R. Shore. Radiation Carcinogenesis. Editors. Elsevier 1986.
  • O.F. Nygaard, W.K. Sinclair and J.T. Lett (Eds.). Effects of Low Dose and Low Dose Rate Radiation. In: Advances in Radiation Biology Volume 16, Academic Press, San Diego, 1992. (M. Fry)
  • UNSCEAR Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation, United Nations, New York, 1993. (M. Fry)
  • IARC Monographs Vol. 75, Ionizing Radiation, Part 1: X- and Gamma -Radiation, and Neutrons. IARC, Lyon 2000. (M. Fry)
  • Evaluation of the Linear-Nonthreshold Dose-Response Model for Ionizing Radiation. NCRP Report No. 136 . NCRP, Bethesda 2001. (M. Fry) - Comprehensive, straightforward text available from NCRP, 7910 Woodmont Ave. Suite 400, cost $35 for single copy, reduced rate for bulk orders.
  • R. Cox. Resolving the Molecular Mechanisms of Radiation Tumorigenesis: Past Problems and Future Prospects. Health Physics 80 (4): 344-348 2001. (M. Fry)
  • R.J.M. Fry and J.D. Boice, Jr, Radiation Carcinogenesis, Oxford Textbook of Oncology, 2nd Edition, R.L. Southami, I. Tannock, P. Hohenberger and J-C Horiot. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002. (M. Fry)
  • D. J. Brenner et al., Cancer Risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: Assessing what we really know. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci 100,9240 13761-13766, 2003. (M. Fry)