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Suggested Citation:"Acknowledgments." National Research Council. 1998. Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations: Time for Reassessment?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6230.
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DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

DNA-PK

DNA-dependent protein kinase

DNA-PKcs

470-kDa catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase

DS86

the current dosimetry system used to estimate doses to survivors of the atomic-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

DSB

double-strand break


ERR

excess relative risk


FISH

fluorescent in situ hybridization


high-LET

high-linear energy transfer


ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection


LET

linear energy transfer

low-LET

low-linear energy transfer


MDS

multiply damaged site


NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCRP

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

NHEJ

nonhomologous end joining

NIH

National Institute of Health

NRC

National Research Council


PCC

prematurely condensed chromosome

PCNA

proliferating-cell nuclear antigen


Rb

retinoblastoma

RBE

relative biologic effectiveness

RERF

Radiation Effects Research Foundation (located in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan; where studies of the health effects in the atomic-bomb survivors are conducted)

RNA

ribonucleic acid


SSB

single-strand break


TCR

transcription-coupled repair


UNSCEAR

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

UV

ultraviolet

UVC

ultraviolet C

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The committee members would like to express their appreciation to Drs. Ernest Beutler, Sara Darby, R.J. Michael Fry, Samuel Hellman, Dade Moeller, J. Edward Rall and Charles Stevens for their participation in the National Academy of Sciences' review of this manuscript. We would also like to thank Doris Taylor, Peggy Johnson, and Dennis Gleeson for their technical and administrative assistance during the phase-1 study.

Suggested Citation:"Acknowledgments." National Research Council. 1998. Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations: Time for Reassessment?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6230.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Radiation and Indoor Air asked the National Research Council to evaluate whether sufficient new data exist to warrant a reassessment of health risks reported in Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations (BEIR V) in 1990. To respond to this request, the National Research Council assembled the Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations. The work of the committee was conducted in what was called the BEIR VII phase-1 study. To assist the committee during its deliberations, various scientists were consulted for advice, and a workshop on the impact of biology on risk assessment was held in collaboration with the Department of Energy Office of Health and Environmental Research. The intent of the workshop was to address the implications of new understanding of the biologic basis of radiation injury and carcinogenesis for risk assessment.

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