TY - BOOK ID - 8655327 TI - Radiation health risk sciences : proceedings of the First International Symposium of the Nagasaki University Global COE Program "Global Strategic Center for Radiation Health Risk Control" PY - 2009 SN - 4431998632 4431886583 9786612005213 1282005219 4431886591 PB - Tokyo ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Radiation -- Physiological effect -- Congresses. KW - Radiation -- Safety measures -- Congresses. KW - Radiation injuries -- Congresses. KW - Radiation KW - Radiation injuries KW - Radioactive Hazard Release KW - Radiation, Ionizing KW - Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced KW - Nuclear Warfare KW - Radiation Effects KW - Radiation Injuries KW - Neoplasms KW - War KW - Accidents KW - Wounds and Injuries KW - Electromagnetic Phenomena KW - Social Problems KW - Diseases KW - Radiologic Health KW - Public Health KW - Physical Phenomena KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Sociology KW - Social Sciences KW - Health Care KW - Phenomena and Processes KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Environmental Health KW - Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Health aspects KW - Safety measures KW - Radiotherapy KW - Safety measures. KW - Radiation monitoring KW - Radiation protection KW - Medicine. KW - Radiology. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Imaging / Radiology. KW - Radiology, Medical. KW - Clinical radiology KW - Radiology, Medical KW - Radiology (Medicine) KW - Medical physics KW - Radiological physics KW - Physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8655327 AB - Radiation safety and risk management, a critical issue in the nuclear age, is an ongoing concern in the field of radiation health risk sciences. It is the particular mission and task of the Nagasaki University Global COE program to explore human health risks from radiation on a global scale and to come up with measures for overcoming its negative legacies. Ionizing radiation is a well-documented human cancer risk factor, and long-term health consequences in individuals exposed at a young age to such events as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing are now being followed up. Unique and comprehensive, this book introduces updated radiation health-related issues, including the proper collection and analysis of biological samples, cancer research, psychological effects, fair disclosure, and the effects of low-dose exposure as they apply to future public health policy. Also addressed is the need for emergency radiation medicine in case of accidents. ER -