Title:
Low dose radiation : the history of the U.S. Department of Energy research program / Antone L. Brooks.
Author:
Brooks, Antone L., 1938- author.
Publication Information:
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2018]
Call Number:
QD117.R3 B76 2018
Abstract:
Antone Brooks grew up close enough to Nevada Test Site nuclear detonations to see the sky light up, feel the shockwaves, and be exposed to radioactive fallout. His long scientific career--from early days trekking into the Uinta Mountains to hunt contaminated deer for tissue samples, to thousands of hours devoted to careful microscope work on chromosomal aberrations in animal studies--has been an increasingly sophisticated search for answers to questions these fallout exposures raised. How dangerous were they? Could they produce cancer? How afraid of low dose radiation should people be?
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ISBN:
9780874223545
Physical Description:
316 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Life and times of a radiation biologist -- A brief history of radiation biology -- The birth of the DOE Low Dose Radiation Research Program -- Early observations and new technology -- Paradigm shifts in low dose radiation biology and application of data -- Biomarkers of radiation exposure and dose -- Mechanisms of action -- Modeling -- Taking a systems biology approach to risk -- Program communication and monitoring -- Current and potential impact on standards -- Applying lessons learned to future direction -- Epilogue.
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