Fundamentals for the Assessment of Risks from Environmental Radiation (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 2:)
Contributors: Christa Baumstark-Khan (Editor); Stanlislav Kozubek (Editor); Gerda Horneck (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780792356677
Subjects: Nuclear issues; Risk assessment & analysis for business; Nonionizing radiation; Health & Fitness; Radiation Toxicology; Environmental Health; Environmental Studies; Medical; Health aspects; Health Care Issues; Environmental Science; Health Risk Assessment; Radiation; Science / Environmental Science; Radiation, Background; Radioactive pollution; Evaluation
First sentence: Sunlight has been established beyond any doubt as being the major cause of most human squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) although the correlation of total exposure (as estimated from latitude) is weaker for BCC than for SCC.