tailieunhanh - EXPOSURE OF THE U.S. POPU LATION FROM DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL RADIATION

The NCRP has long mcog&ed the need for a clear assessment of the magnitude of doses from various souroes of radiation to which the population of the . is ocpo9ed. In anticipation of the need to gather data for input into this process five as&sament committees, each adhing a different source category, wem established, first in 1971 and then reestablished in 1986. NCRP reports assessing exposum from natural background, consumer products, and nuclear power gene ation have recently been published (NCRP, 1987% 1987b. 1987~). | NCRP REPORT No. 100 EXPOSURE OF THE . POPULATION FROM DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL RADIATION Recommendations of the NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS Issued May 1 1989 First Reprinting January 31 1993 National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements 7910 WOODMONT AVENUE Bethesda MD 20814 LEGAL NOTICE This report was prepared by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements NCRP . The Council strives to provide accurate complete and useful information in its reports. However neither the NCRP the members of NCRP other persons contributing to or assisting in the preparation of this report nor any person acting on the behalf of any of these parties a makes any warranty or representation express or implied with respect to the accuracy completeness or usefulness of the information contained in this report or that the use of any information method or process disclosed in this report may not infringe on privately owned rights or b assumes any liability with respect to the use of or for damages resulting from the use of any information method or process disclosed in this report under the Civil Rights Act of1964 Section 701 et seq. as amended 42 use Section 2OOOe et seq. Title VII or any other statutory or common law theory governing liability Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Exposure of the . population from diagnostic medical radiation recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. p. cm. NCRP report no. 100 Issued May 1 1989. Includes index. ISBN 0-92600-1-0 1. Radiography Medical Health aspects United States. 2. Nuclear medicine Health aspects United States. 3. Radiation Dosage. I. Title. IL Series. DNLM 1. Radiation Dosage. 2. Radiation Protection standards United States. 3. Radiography adverse effects. 4. Radiography standards United States. WN 650 N279e 1988 88-25316 79-de 19 CIP Copyright .