Abstract

In order to quantify radiation risks at exposure scenarios relevant for radiation protection, often extrapolation of data obtained at high doses and high dose rates down to low doses and low dose rates is needed. Task Group TG91 on ‘Radiation Risk Inference at Low-dose and Low-dose Rate Exposure for Radiological Protection Purposes’ of the International Commission on Radiological Protection is currently reviewing the relevant cellular, animal and human studies that could be used for that purpose. This paper provides an overview of dose rates and doses typically used or present in those studies, and compares them with doses and dose rates typical of those received by the A-bomb survivors in Japan.

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Title
Typical doses and dose rates in studies pertinent to radiation risk inference at low doses and low dose rates
Author
Rühm, Werner 1 ; Azizova, Tamara 2 ; Bouffler, Simon 3 ; Cullings, Harry M 4 ; Grosche, Bernd 5 ; Little, Mark P 6 ; Shore, Roy S 7 ; Walsh, Linda 8 ; Woloschak, Gayle E 9 

 Institute of Radiation Protection, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany 
 Southern Urals Biophysics Institute (SUBI), Ozyorskoe Shosse 19, 456780, Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, Russian Federation 
 Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England (PHE), Chilton, Didcot OX11 ORQ, UK 
 Radiation Effects Research Foundation, 5–2 Hijiyama Park, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732-0815, Japan 
 Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany 
 Radiation Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-9778, USA 
 New York University School of Medicine, 650 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA 
 Medical Physics Group, Department of Physics, Science Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland 
 Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 300 E. Superior St., Tarry 4-760, Chicago, IL 60611, USA 
Pages
ii1-ii10
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Apr 2018
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISSN
04493060
e-ISSN
13499157
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3170632407
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Japan Radiation Research Society and Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.