[Radiation risks. Results of the new evaluation]
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1Strahlenbiologisches Institut der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.
Der Radiologe
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
The dose revision for the atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the evaluation of cancer mortality, based on data up to 1985, resulted in new estimates of radiation risks that are substantially larger than the earlier estimates. The new results and reasons for the changes are discussed. The risk estimates are related to the current discussion on dose limits in radiation protection and to the attempts to reduce doses in X-ray diagnostics.