BEIR

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Committee on the Biological Effects of lonizing Radiation; a committee of the National Research Council of the USA which publishes a series of reports informing the US government on the effects of ionizing radiation. The BEIR Committee published the following reports:

• BEIR III 1980: "The Effects on Populations of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation";

• BEIR IV 1988: "Health Effects of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-Emitters";

• BEIR V 1990: "Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation";

• BEIR VI 1999: “The Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon",

• BEIR VII, Phase 1 1998: “Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Phase 1“,

• BEIR VII, Phase 2 2006: “Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, Phase 2.

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