Destroying the Linear No-threshold Basis for Radiation Regulation: A Commentary

This article suggests five classes of effort that scientists can undertake to destroy the linear no-threshold hypothesis as the basis of radiation regulation in the United States. These are (1) pressure on regulators such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (2) presidential messages, (3) Congressi...

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Autor principal: Marcus, Carol S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27867321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1559325816673491
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spelling pubmed-51020732016-11-18 Destroying the Linear No-threshold Basis for Radiation Regulation: A Commentary Marcus, Carol S. Dose Response Original Articles This article suggests five classes of effort that scientists can undertake to destroy the linear no-threshold hypothesis as the basis of radiation regulation in the United States. These are (1) pressure on regulators such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (2) presidential messages, (3) Congressional pressure, (4) educate physicians about low-dose radiation, and (5) work with journalists and media people. SAGE Publications 2016-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5102073/ /pubmed/27867321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1559325816673491 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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