Exam 34: Stochastic Effects of Radiation

Low doses of radiation have been shown to cause _____.

_____ is a stochastic effect of radiation exposure.

Relative risk is _____.

People who were employed painting radium watch dials later showed excess risk for _____ cancer.

Chronic low doses of radiation have _____ effect on fertility.

A study of an irradiated population which showed a relative risk factor below 1.0 would indicate that the population had a _____ risk.

Radiation protection guidelines are based on _____.

It is difficult to link cancer to radiation exposure because it occurs _____ in the population.

Studies of A-bomb survivors indicate that leukemia has a _____ dose-response relationship to radiation.

An epidemiological study of the stochastic effects of very low doses of radiation requires a population of _____ of people.

Radiation induced skin cancer in radiotherapy patients has occurred with _____.

Ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with radiation showed an increased incidence of _____.

The threshold dose for cataract formation is known to be _____ mSv of acute exposure to the eyes.

People who had radiation treatments to their thymus gland as children later showed excess risk for _____.

Our information on the genetic effects of radiation has come from studies of _____.

Radiation-induced leukemia has a latent period of _____ years.

The theory of radiation hormesis suggests that radiation doses below 0.1 mGy are _____.

A _____ effect increases in incidence but not severity as the dose increases.

Data showing radiation-induced human genetic abnormalities _____.

The most radiosensitive period during pregnancy for radiation induced congenital abnormalities is during the _____.