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The Task Group on Needs for Future Research in Risk Assessment considered both ionizing radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The discussion and recommendations regarding ionizing radiation are limited mainly to epidemiological and other human studies that currently form the primary basis for human risk assessment. Needs regarding radio-biology and mechanisms of radiation-induced effects are referred to only in general terms; they are developed in more depth by other task groups in this Workshop. The recommendations regarding UV radiation focus on gaps in knowledge pertaining to skin cancer, UV action spectra and UV measurement problems.
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Shore, R.E. et al. (1999). Risk Assesssment. In: Baumstark-Khan, C., Kozubek, S., Horneck, G. (eds) Fundamentals for the Assessment of Risks from Environmental Radiation. NATO Science Series, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4585-5_12
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