Perspective on the use of LNT for Radiation Protection and Risk Assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• প্রধান লেখক: Jerome S. Puskin PhD (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: SAGE Publishing, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bases its risk assessments, regulatory limits, and nonregulatory guidelines for population exposures to low level ionizing radiation on the linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis, which assumes that the risk of cancer due to a low dose exposure is proport...