Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests: Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications by Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests

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In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate:

• Past radiation doses.
• Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131.
• Implications for clinical practice.
• Possible public health strategies—such as systematic screening for thyroid cancer—to respond to the exposures.

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