World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 611: Use of Ionozing Radiation and Radionuclides on Human Beings for Medical Research Training,And Nonmedicalpuposes

By B. Kwadu Adadevoh

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Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 611: Use of Ionozing Radiation and Radionuclides on Human Beings for Medical Research Training,And Nonmedicalpuposes
Author:	B. Kwadu Adadevoh
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Adadevoh, B. K. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 611. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1 Ionizing radiation : benefits and risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.2 Sources of radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.3 Scopeofthereport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.4 Previous work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . Biological effects of ionizing radiation and related risks . . . . . . . . . 9 2.1 Damage from energy depositioil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 . 2 The dose equivalent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 . 3 Somatic effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 . 4 Genetic effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 . Ethical aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.1 A statement of principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 .2 Ethical considerations in medical research . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.3 Medical teaching and the demonstration of radiological procedures . 14 3 . 4 Irradiation for nonmedical purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 . Methods for the surveillance of the irradiation of human subjects . . . . 15 4.1 Methods available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 . 2 Recommended methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. The use of ionizing radiation in medical research . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Types of research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Types of irradiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 Procedure in medical research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 Categories of research project involving irradiation of human beings 5.6 Radiation limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 Repeated irradiation of the same subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . The use of ionizing radiation in education and training . . . . . . . . . 22 7 . Irradiation for nonclinical purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7.2 Specific ethical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . 7.3 Examples of such irradiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7.4 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8 . Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28