Health Physics Society Journal
Biological effects (micronuclei) in cells known not to have been traversed by a charged particle. Courtesy of Dr. Charles Geard. See article by Eric J. Hall on page 31 for more information. |
Contents of July 2003, Volume 85, Number 1
38th Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements: Where the New Biology Meets Epidemiology: Impact on Radiation Risk Estimates
SPECIAL SUBMISSION
The Lauriston S. Taylor Lectures in Radiation Protection and Measurements — Charles B. Meinhold
Introduction of the 26th Lauriston S. Taylor Lecturer — R. J. Michael Fry
26th Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture: Developing Mechanistic Data for Incorporation into Cancer and Genetic Risk Assessments: Old Problems and New Approaches — R. Julian Preston
OPENING REMARKS
Welcome — Charles B. Meinhold
PAPERS
THE NEW BIOLOGY
The State of the Art in the 1990s: NCRP Report No. 136 on the Scientific Bases for Linearity in the Dose-Response Relationship for Ionizing Radiation — Arthur C. Upton
Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability: Radiation Quality and Dose Response — Leslie E. Smith, Shruti Nagar, Grace J. Kim, and William F. Morgan
Genomic Instability, Susceptibility Genes, and Carcinogenesis (Abstract) — Robert L. Ullrich
The Bystander Effect — Eric J. Hall
Monitoring Human Radiation Exposure by Gene Expression Profiling: Possibilities and Pitfalls — Sally A. Amundson and Albert J. Fornace, Jr.
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Dose Response and Temporal Patterns of Radiation-Associated Solid Cancer Risks — D. L. Preston, D. A. Pierce, Y. Shimizu, E. Ron, and K. Mabuchi
Cancer Risks from Medical Radiation — Elaine Ron
Diagnostic X Rays, DNA Repair Genes, and Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia — Claire Infante-Rivard
Genetic Effects of Radiotherapy for Childhood Cancer — John D. Boice, Jr., E. Janet Tawn, Jeanette F. Winther, Sarah S. Donaldson, Daniel M. Green, Ann C. Mertens, John J. Mulvihill, Jorgen H. Olsen, Leslie L. Robison, Marilyn Stovall
Tracking the Errant Cell after the Atomic Bombings: What Went Wrong? — Keisuke S. Iwamoto
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
How Radiation-Induced Phenotypes Contribute to Neoplastic Progression (Abstract) — Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff
Developing a Scientific Basis for Radiation Risk Estimates: Goal of the DOE Low Dose Research Program — Antone L. Brooks
The Impact of the New Biology on Radiation Risks in Space — John F. Dicello
Domestic Radon Risks May Be Dominated by Bystander Effects-But the Risks Are Unlikely to Be Greater than We Thought — D. J. Brenner and R. K. Sachs
CORRESPONDENCE
The Hiroshima Neutron Dosimetry Enigma — Raymond Gold
Response to Gold — Yoko Fujikawa
The Use of Effective Dose in Retrospective Dose Assessment — Keith Baverstock and Michael C. Thorne
Response to K. Baverstock, M. Thorne: The Use of Effective Dose in Retrospective Dose Assessment — G. Pröhl
BOOK REVIEWS
ICRU Report 67: Absorbed-Dose Specification in Nuclear Medicine — Reviewed by Kimberlee J. Kearfott
Radiation and Health — Reviewed by Paul Jones
When Smoke Ran Like Water, Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution — Reviewed by Fred W. Lipfert
The Particulate Air Pollution Controversy, A Case Study and Lessons Learned — Reviewed by Fred W. Lipfert
Magnetic Resonance Procedures: Health Effects and Safety — Reviewed by Kimberlee J. Kearfott
OTHER CONTENT
News and Notices
Health Physics Society Prospectus
Health Physics Society Affiliate Members
Author Guidelines
Advertisers Guide
Advertisers Index
Up and Coming<