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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