Radiation standards, including fallout
Subtitle: hearings before the Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Congress of the United States, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session ... June 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1962.
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1040
Subjects: Radiation -- Physiological effect; Radioactive fallout; Radioactive pollution; Radiation -- Dosage
Description: Reviews and updates information on radiation standards including fallout, genetic consequences of radiation exposure, and role and function of Federal Radiation Council and private organizations in administering radiation standards. Includes, "Monitoring-Surveillance Activities in U.S.," by James G. Terrill, Jr., Dep Chief, Div of Radiological Health, HEW, June 5, 1962 (p. 179-237).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 1009-1036).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. [Hearings]; title: pt. 2. Appendix [written statements].