Volume 105(Suppl 6) December 1997
Table of Contents
Radiation and Human Health
PrefaceMichael R. Quastel and John R. Goldsmith
Overview
p. 1383The Russian Radiation Legacy: Its Integrated Impact and Lessons
Health Physics and Dosimetry
Marvin Goldman
p. 1385Considerations in Assigning Dose Based on Uncertainties from in Vivo Counting
Biological Indicators
Gary H. Kramer
p. 1393Collective Radiation Biodosimetry for Dose Reconstruction of Acute Accidental Exposures: A Review
Barry Pass
p. 1397Health Concerns Related to Radiation Exposure of the Female Nuclear Medicine Patient
Michael G. Stabin
p. 1403Radon Exposures in a Jerusalem Public School
Elihu D. Richter, Ehud Neeman, Irwin Fischer, Mona Berdugo, Jerome B. Westin, Jackie Kleinstern, and Menahem Margaliot
p. 1411Establishment of ANSI N13.11 X-ray Radiation Fields for Personal Dosimetry Performance Test by Computation and Experiment
Jang-Lyul Kim, Bong-Hwan Kim, Si-Young Chang, and Jai-ki Lee
p. 1417Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detectors for in Vivo Monitoring of Internal Contamination
Jean-Louis Genicot
p. 1423Is FISH Painting an Appropriate Biological Marker for Dose Estimates of Suspected Accidental Radiation Overexposure? A Review of Cases Investigated in France from 1995 to 1996
Radiobiology
Irène Sorokine-Durm, Valérie Durand, Annie Le Roy, Nathalie Paillole, Laurence Roy, and Philippe Voisin
p. 1427Chromosome Translocations: A Biomarker for Retrospective Biodosimetry
Joe N. Lucas
p. 1433Chromosome Aberrations in Cultured Peripheral Lymphocytes from Persons with Elevated Skin Radiosensitivity
Tatiana V. Kondrashova, Tatiana I. Ivanova, and Sergei N. Katsalap
p. 1437Action of Chronic Irradiation on the Cytogenetic Damage of Human Lymphocyte Culture
Svetlana I. Zaichkina, Gella F. Aptikaeva, Olga M. Rozanova, Asia Kh. Akhmadieva, Elena N. Smirnova, and Elena E. Ganassi
p. 1441Ultramorphological Sperm Characteristics in the Risk Assessment of Health Effects after Radiation Exposure among Salvage Workers in Chernobyl
Alf Fischbein, Natalia Zabludovsky, Fina Eltes, Valentin Grischenko, and Benjamin Bartoov
p. 1445Somatic Mutations at the Glycophorin A (GPA) Locus Measured in Red Cells of Chernobyl Liquidators Who Immigrated to Israel
Vered Y. Wishkerman, Michael R. Quastel, Amos Douvdevani, and John R. Goldsmith
p. 1451Assessment of the Action of Mixed Irradiation
Thyroid Reactions and Cancer
Shozo Suzuki
p. 1455Radiation-induced Double-strand Modification in Calf Thymus DNA in the Presence of 1,2-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone and Its Cu(II) Complex
Saurabh Das, Abhijit Saha, and Parikshit Chandra Mandal
p. 1459Modulation with Cytokines of Radiation Injury: Suggested Mechanisms of Action
Ruth Neta
p. 1463Effect of Hormones on the Variation of Radiosensitivity in Females as Measured by Induction of Chromosomal Aberrations
C.J. Roberts, G.R. Morgan, and N. Danford
p. 1467Pharmacologic Approaches to Protection against Radiation-induced Lethality and Other Damage
Joseph F. Weiss
p. 1473Molecular Changes in the Offspring of Liquidators Who Emigrated to Israel from the Chernobyl Disaster Area
Hava-Shifra Weinberg, Eviatar Nevo, Abraham Korol, Tzion Fahima, Gad Rennert, and Semion Shapiro
p. 1479Chernobyl-related Thyroid Cancer: What Evidence for Role of Short-lived Iodines?
Population Exposure Epidemiology
Juerg Peter Bleuer, Yury Ivanovich Averkin, and Theodor Abelin
p. 1483Iodine Deficiency in Belarusian Children as a Possible Factor Stimulating the Irradiation of the Thyroid Gland during the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Maciej Gembicki, Aleksander N. Stozharov, Aleksander N. Arinchin, Konstantin V. Moschik, Siergiej Petrenko, Irina M. Khmara, and Keith F. Baverstock
p. 1487Additional Thyroid Dose Factor from Transportation Sources in Russia after the Chernobyl Disaster
Evgeny M. Parshkov, Irina V. Chebotareva, Victor A. Sokolov, and Cham E. Dallas
p. 1491Thyroid-stimulating Hormone Levels in Children from Chernobyl
Michael R. Quastel, John R. Goldsmith, Ludmilla Mirkin, Svetlana Poljak, Yehiel Barki, Jackov Levy, and Rafael Gorodischer
p. 1497Leukemia in the Proximity of a German Boiling-water Nuclear Reactor: Evidence of Population Exposure by Chromosome Studies and Environmental Radioactivity
Psychosocial Aspects
Inge Schmitz-Feuerhake, Bettina Dannheim, Anna Heimers, Boris Oberheitmann, Heike Schröder, and Heiko Ziggel
p. 1499Curvilinearity in the Dose-Response Curve for Cancer in Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivors
Mark P. Little and Colin R. Muirhead
p. 1505Cancer in Thirty-nine Nuclear Industry Workers: A Preliminary Report
Elihu D. Richter, Eli Ben-Michael, Tal Tsafrir, and Richard Laster
p. 1511Commentary: A-Bomb Data: Detection of Bias in the Life Span Study Cohort
Alice Stewart
p. 1519Commentary: Lessons Learned from the Study of Immigrants to Israel from Areas of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine Contaminated by the Chernobyl Accident
Michael R. Quastel, John R. Goldsmith, Julie Cwikel, Ludmilla Merkin, Vered Y. Wishkerman, Svetlana Poljak, Anna Abdelgani, Ella Kordysh, Amos Douvdevani, Jakov Levy, Rafael Gorodisher, Yehiel Barki, Ingrid Emerit, and Gary Kramer
p. 1523Incidence of Childhood Disease in Belarus Associated with the Chernobyl Accident
Leonid Lomat, Galina Galburt, Michael R. Quastel, Semion Polyakov, Alexey Okeanov, and Semion Rozin
p. 1529Health Effects of the Chernobyl Disaster: Illness or Illness Behavior? A Comparative General Health Survey in Two Former Soviet Regions
Nonionizing Radiation
Johan Havenaar, Galina Rumyantzeva, Anatoli Kasyanenko, Karin Kaasjager, Anneke Westermann, Wim van den Brink, Jan van den Bout, and Jean Savelkoul
p. 1533Risk Factors for Long-term Mental and Psychosomatic Distress in Latvian Chernobyl Liquidators
Jean-François Viel, Elvira Curbakova, Baiba Dzerve, Maija Eglite, Tija Zvagule, and Claude Vincent
p. 1539Two-year Follow-up Study of Stress-related Disorders among Immigrants to Israel from the Chernobyl Area
J. Cwikel, A. Abdelgani, J.R. Goldsmith, M. Quastel, and I.I. Yevelson
p. 1545Bridging the Gap in Mental Health Approaches between East and West: The Psychosocial Consequences of Radiation Exposure
Ilya I. Yevelson, Anna Abdelgani, Julie Cwikel, and Igor S. Yevelson
p. 1551Commentary: Psychosocial Assistance after Environmental Accidents: A Policy Perspective
Steven M. Becker
p. 1557Radiofrequency Field Exposure and Cancer: What Do the Laboratory Studies Suggest?
Role of International Organizations
Michael H. Repacholi
p. 1565Radiofrequency Exposure Near High-voltage Lines
Maurizio Vignati and Livio Giuliani
p. 1569Distinct Sensitivity of Normal and Malignant Cells to Ultrasound in Vitro
Flavio Lejbkowicz and Samuel Salzberg
p. 1575Epidemiologic Evidence Relevant to Radar (Microwave) Effects
John R. Goldsmith
p. 1579The World Health Organization Network for Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance (REMPAN)
Risk Analysis, Legal Aspects, Compensation
Guennadi Souchkevitch
p. 1589Commentary: A Scientific Panel for Determining Health Effects among Radiation Workers at Israel's Nuclear Research Facilities
Concluding Remarks
Richard Laster and Chen Somech
p. 1595Commentary: Radiation Policy: A Decision-making Model
Baruch Modan
p. 1599Risk Estimation for Badge-monitored Radiation Workers
Alice Stewart
p. 1603Commentary: Comments on the Psychosocial Aspects of the International Conference on Radiation and Health
Summary
Julie Cwikel
p. 1607Commentary: Summation of the International Conference on Radiation and Health: Radiobiology Viewpoint
Emanuel Riklis
p. 1609Commentary: Perspectives in Radiation and Health: Reflections on the International Conference in Beer Sheva
Keith F. Baverstock
p. 1611Afterword
John R. Goldsmith and Michael R. Quastel
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