Expertise and Role of ICRP Committee 1

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Expertise and Role of ICRP Committee 1

• Scientific expertise Epidemiology/statistics
  biophysics animal sciences cell/molecular
  biology genetics medical sciences
• Advice to the Commission Fundamental
  radiobiology dose-responses radiation quality
  and dose-rate effects tissue sensitivity risks
  of tissue injury, cancer and heritable disease.
• Recent publications Genetic susceptibility to
  cancer (Pub. 79) Risk estimates for
  multifactorial diseases (Pub. 83) Biological
  effects after prenatal irradiation (Pub. 90)
  Relative biological effectiveness, quality factor
  and radiation weighting factor (Pub. 92).

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Current work of ICRP Committee 1

• Working parties
• Task Groups
• Other activities

• Annual scientific reviews in all areas
• Cancer risk at low doses (Charles Land)
• Biological and epidemiological information
  on health risks attributable to ionising
  radiation A summary of judgements for the
  purposes of radiological protection (Roger Cox)
  
• Input to 2005 Recommendations of ICRP
• Input to MC TG on Terrorist Attacks
• Work with Committee 2

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2005 Recommendations -Committee 1 Issues

• Cancer risk at low doses
• Dose/dose-rate effects
• Transfer of risk
• Genetic susceptibility to cancer

• RBE and radiation weighting
• Tissue weighting
• Risks to the embryo/fetus
• Risk of heritable diseases