UNSCEAR report: HEREDITARY EFFECTS OF RADIATION

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

As noted in the paragraph 8 of the report to the General Assembly:



". . . In the present report, the

doubling dose has been estimated using spontaneous

mutation rates of human genes and radiation-induced

mutation rates of mouse genes, because there are no data on

radiation-induced mutations in humans. The Committee

now estimates the doubling dose to be of the order of one

gray for low-dose, sparsely ionizing radiation. This is

essentially the same as in earlier reports of the Committee,

but supported by more data."



The document, which is in pdf format can be found at

http://www.unscear.org/2001report.htm 



-- John 

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist 

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD  20715-2024



E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)      

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