HISTORY 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Dosimetry, Radiation Protection
10 Dec 2016
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Lecture organization: chernobyl: a contemporary way of framing the problem, regime of perceptibility: extension and refresher, the low-dose problem. Main themes and arguments of lecture: scientific studies of the biological effects of radiation are shaped by historical, political, and cultural factors. Which exposures became visible, and which didn"t. Which illnesses and effects became visible, and which didn"t. Important differences between high and low dose effects. Nevertheless, understanding of low dose effects (workplace) has been shaped by studies of high dose effects (accidents, weapons, etc. ) Ongoing scientific controversies which have a concrete effect on worker and public health. Estimates by the most qualified groups still varied from 4,000-264,000 deaths and. Does it cause cancer: what we need to know to answer this question: Internal contamination: breathing in contaminants/getting it inside the body. Causality is very complex to determine; 2 types of causality: Says that the magnitude of effect increases with the size of the dose.
