The LNT risk model and radiological protection

Richard Wakeford¹, Mikhail Balonov², John D Boice Jr^{3

4}, John D Harrison^{5

6}, Ohtsura Niwa⁷, R Julian Preston⁸, Roy E Shore⁹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
² UNSCEAR Consultant, Rabindranat Tagore St 35/17, Tel Aviv 6946032, Israel.
³ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America.
⁴ National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
⁵ Oxford Brookes University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
⁶ UK Health Security Agency, Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0RQ, United Kingdom.
⁷ Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁸ Office of Air and Radiation, Radiation Protection Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.
⁹ New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.

Editorial

Richard Wakeford et al. J Radiol Prot. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 6;43(4).

doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/acfe85.

Richard Wakeford¹, Mikhail Balonov², John D Boice Jr^{3

4}, John D Harrison^{5

6}, Ohtsura Niwa⁷, R Julian Preston⁸, Roy E Shore⁹

¹ Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
² UNSCEAR Consultant, Rabindranat Tagore St 35/17, Tel Aviv 6946032, Israel.
³ Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America.
⁴ National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, United States of America.
⁵ Oxford Brookes University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
⁶ UK Health Security Agency, Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0RQ, United Kingdom.
⁷ Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
⁸ Office of Air and Radiation, Radiation Protection Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America.
⁹ New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America.

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Comment on

The scientific basis for the use of the linear no-threshold (LNT) model at low doses and dose rates in radiological protection.
Laurier D, Billarand Y, Klokov D, Leuraud K. Laurier D, et al. J Radiol Prot. 2023 Jun 29;43(2). doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/acdfd7. J Radiol Prot. 2023. PMID: 37339605