11 January 2007

Special issue: The effects of low doses of ionising radiation on human health

International Journal of Low Radiation 3(2/3) 2006 is a special issue: The effects of low doses of ionising radiation on human health: papers from the 4th LOWRAD International Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 25–28 June 2005.
Topics include radiation-induced bystander effect; science or political correctness in regulatory low dose limits; doses to a population from nuclear medicine procedures; natural background radiation areas in Iran; dose assessment for 226Ra and 228Ra from foodstuffs; determination of uranium concentration in soil; thoron exposure among tour guides in Brazilian show caves; Polonium-210 in cigarette tobacco.

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