Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 2019 Report

Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes

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This publication comprises a report to the General Assembly with two underpinning scientific annexes. The first annex provides an evaluation of selected health effects and inference of risk due to radiation exposure describing five scenarios for risk evaluation. The annex presents quantitative risk estimates based on major recent epidemiological studies and on the effects found among survivors of atomic bombings in Japan. The second annex evaluates lung cancer from exposure to radon and provides information to assess recent developments in risk estimates of lung cancer and radon exposure, and to convey an up-to-date picture of radon dosimetry and of dose conversion factors applied for dose assessment.

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Agency/Department
UNSCEAR
Print ISBN
9789211391848
PDF ISBN
9789210051361
Print Publication Date
PDF Publication Date
Page Count
308
Print Sales Number
20.IX.5
Series Title
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) Reports

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