Rad protection ch 8 late effects

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The absolute risk of radiation induced bone cancer is:
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There is a 5% risk of naturally occurring abnormalities with the risk increasing by ___ with a dose of ______
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Lung cancer DRR is ____________
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Callused, discolored, weathered appearance, tight, brittle and cracking skin are all describing what chronic condition resulting from radiation?
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Skin carcinoma has a latent period of ______ years
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Most data that is available regarding genetic mutations comes from research involving:
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Mutagens responsible for genetic mutation include:
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Lung cancer has a very high spontaneous incidence thus radiation sensitivity is small
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Radiation induced thyroid cancer has a latent period of up to ____ years
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Examples of natural spontaneous mutations are:
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Absolute risk for breast cancer is:
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____________ and ____________ do affect the degree of a genetic response suggesting that radiation responses are cumulative.
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Radium watch dial painters often developed ___________ as a direct result of ingesting the paint when they moistened the brush with their lips.
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If a embryo receives a high dose of radiation within 2 weeks of fertilization, the most pronounced effect is ____________
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The threshold for cataracts with fractionated exposure is ________
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Females are at a 3 to 5 times greater risk for radiation induced _____________
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Most mutations are dominant meaning that only one parent must carry the mutant gene for the mutation to appear in the offspring
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The average latent period for cataracts is _____ years
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Lower radiation doses during early pregnancy are known to cause:
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Thorium dioxide, used in thoratrast, contains several radioactive isotopes and contentrates in the:
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Skin carcinoma has a relative risk of ________ after 500 to 2000 rads
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Radiation induced genetic mutations can not skip generations.
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the doubling dose in humans is estimated to be in the range of _______________ rad
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Dose of radiation that will double the frequency of genetic mutations as would have been observed without the radiation.
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The older the individual, the greater the effect and shorter the latent period.
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Radiation induced leukemia is considered to have a latent period of _________ years
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What chronic damage can result from long-term gonadal dosage?
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Organogenesis happens from the ____________ week
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Improvements in mammography provides very low dose and studies do not show an increased risk with mammography.
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Known radiation induced cancers include:
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Uranium miners inhaled radioactive dust, which lead to an increase rates of _____________
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The frequency of radiation induced genetic mutations is extremely ___
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Relative risk of radiation induced bone cancer is ______
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Several studies have shown that women who had multiple exposures during TB testing and or fluoroscopy have an increase chance of __________
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Radiation induced mutations are usually harmful and any dose of radiation to a germ cell results in genetic risk
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Radiosensitivity of the lens of the eye is dependent on eye color
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The BEIR committee issued a report stating that less than 1 Rad per year is definitely not harmful.
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Radiation induced breast cancer has a latent period of __________ years
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Radiation does not create “new” mutations but only increases the numbers of those mutation already in existence.
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___________ exposed male and female fruit flies to various doses of radiation in 1927 at the university of texas, observing lethality and changes in appearance to off springs.
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The DRR for cataracts is _____________
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If the embryo is irradiated within the organogenesis period, ____________________________ abnormalities can occur.
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Absolute risk of radiation induced lung cancer is
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Ionizing radiation can cause chronic damage to what local tissues?
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Early radiation workers who were exposed to large amounts of radiation to their hands often developed ___________
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The Genetic DRR is _____________
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Patients who ingested thoratrast for exams demonstrated an increase in __________ due to the thorium releasing alpha particles as the thorium decayed.
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Radiation induced liver cancer has a latent period of ____________ years
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In addition to early effects, radiated skin can develop chronic damage such as:
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What is the relative risk that a response will be observed in a fetus irradiated in utero?