Elizabeth A Ainsbury1,2, Jayne Moquet1, Mingzhu Sun1, Stephen Barnard1, Michele Ellender1, David Lloyd1. 1. Public Health England, Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK. 2. Environmental Research Group within the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of this brief personal, high level review is to consider the state of the art for biological dosimetry for radiation routine and emergency response, and the potential future progress in this fascinating and active field. Four areas in which biomarkers may contribute to scientific advancement through improved dose and exposure characterization, as well as potential contributions to personalized risk estimation, are considered: emergency dosimetry, molecular epidemiology, personalized medical dosimetry, and space travel. CONCLUSION: Ionizing radiation biodosimetry is an exciting field which will continue to benefit from active networking and collaboration with the wider fields of radiation research and radiation emergency response to ensure effective, joined up approaches to triage; radiation epidemiology to assess long term, low dose, radiation risk; radiation protection of workers, optimization and justification of radiation for diagnosis or treatment of patients in clinical uses, and protection of individuals traveling to space.
PURPOSE: The aim of this brief personal, high level review is to consider the state of the art for biological dosimetry for radiation routine and emergency response, and the potential future progress in this fascinating and active field. Four areas in which biomarkers may contribute to scientific advancement through improved dose and exposure characterization, as well as potential contributions to personalized risk estimation, are considered: emergency dosimetry, molecular epidemiology, personalized medical dosimetry, and space travel. CONCLUSION: Ionizing radiation biodosimetry is an exciting field which will continue to benefit from active networking and collaboration with the wider fields of radiation research and radiation emergency response to ensure effective, joined up approaches to triage; radiation epidemiology to assess long term, low dose, radiation risk; radiation protection of workers, optimization and justification of radiation for diagnosis or treatment of patients in clinical uses, and protection of individuals traveling to space.
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Radiation; biological dosimetry; biomarkers of dose and risk; space flight radiation
Authors: Martin Bucher; Tina Weiss; David Endesfelder; Francois Trompier; Yoann Ristic; Patrizia Kunert; Helmut Schlattl; Augusto Giussani; Ursula Oestreicher Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2022-05-17