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The U.S. Million Person Study of Low-Dose-Rate Health Effects
There is a critical knowledge gap regarding the health consequences of exposure to radiation received gradually over time. While there is a plethora of studies on the risks of adverse outcomes from both acute and high-dose exposures, including the landmark study of atomic bomb survivors, these are not characteristic of the chronic exposure to low-dose radiation encountered in occupational and public settings. In addition, smaller cohorts have limited numbers leading to reduced statistical power.
Hisashi Tanigawa, Satoru Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 629-633
Fusion Materials | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963308
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The adsorption behavior of H2O on Li2O surface was studied by ultra violet photo electron spectroscopy (UPS). Valence-band spectra of Li2O single crystal which was exposed to different pressures of H2O vapor were recorded. After exposure of H2O, variation of the spectra was observed. The observed spectra were interpreted on the basis of ab-initio quantum chemical calculation of the electronic structure of Li2O surface which was covered with –OH. The adsorbate-induced features were assigned as the orbital of surface –OH. The surface condition was varied by Ar ion sputtering and heat treatment under D2 gas. The difference of adsorption behavior of H2O in the surface condition was discussed.
