WHO 1st Consultation on the Development of a Global Biodosimetry Laboratories Network for Radiation Emergencies (BioDoseNet)

• DOI: 10.1667/rr1549.1
• Publication Date: 2008-12-23T19:53:12Z
• Authors: William F. Blakely; Zhanat Carr; May Chin-May Chu; Renu Dayal-Drager; Kenzo Fujimoto; Michael Hopmeir; Ulrike Kulka; Patricia Lillis-H...; Gordon K. Livingston; David C. Lloyd; Natalie Maznyk; Maria Del Rosario...; Horst Romm; Yoshio Takashima; Phillipe Voisin; Ruth C. Wilkins; Mitsuaki A. Yoshida
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

Abstract Blakely, W. F., Carr, Z., Chu, M. C-M., Dayal-Drager, R., Fujimoto, K., Hopmeir, M., Kulka, U., Lillis-Hearne, P., Livingston, G. K., Lloyd, D. C., Maznyk, N., Perez, M. D. R., Romm, H., Takashima, Y., Voisin, P., Wilkins, R. C. and Yoshida, M. A. WHO 1st Consultation on the Development of a Global Biodosimetry Laboratories Network for Radiation Emergencies (BioDoseNet). Radiat. Res. 171, 127–139 (2009). The World Health Organization (WHO) held a consultation meeting at WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, December 17–18, 2007, to develop the framework for a global biodosimetry network. The WHO network is envisioned to enable dose assessment using multiple methods [cytogenetics, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), radionuclide bioassays, etc.]; however, the initial discussion focused on the cytogenetic bioassay (i.e., metaphase-spread dicentric assay). Few regional cytogenetic biodosimetry networks have been established so far. The roles and resources available from United Nations (UN) agenc...