Editorial Review
Biological Basis of Radiation Protection: New Aspects*
G. J. Köteles
Frédéric Joliot-Curie National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene
József Fodor National Public Health Center, Budapest, Hungary
Corresponding author: Prof. György J. Köteles
Frédéric Joliot-Curie National Research Institute
for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene
József Fodor National Public Health Center,
P.O. Box 101, H-1775 Budapest, Hungary
Telephone/Fax number: (+36) 1 229 1926
* The paper is the edited form of an invited lecture presented at the 25th Jubilee
Meeting of the Eötvös Lóránd Physical Society Radiation Protection Section,
Balatonkenese, 30 May, 2000.
CEJOEM 2000, Vol.6. No.2-3.:79-87
Key words:
Cell biology, ionizing radiation, effect modification, risk
Abstract:
The basis of health risk assessments is the knowledge of biological effects,
the dose-exposure-radionuclide concentration at the work site or in the environment
and the establishment of dose-response relationships. The solution of the low dose
dilemma is expected from further epidemiological and radiobiological investigations.
The present paper highlights a few of the recent developments in the topics of
radiation-induced cellular reactions and the individual sensitivity which all might
influence the dose-response relationship especially in the low dose ranges.
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