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RADIATION INIS-mf—14988 IL9606033 & HEALTH ISRAEL 19 9 6 International Conference on Radiation and Health Beer Shev ael Nove 3-7,1996 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Soroka Medical Center of the Negev World Health Organization International Atomic Energy Agency A Unique On-line Radiation Monitoring System to reduce radiation explosure in the workplace Rotem Industries Ltd. (Israel), a leading company in the radiation monitoring field has developed a system which will help you to reduce radiation exposure in the workplace. This system gives a very cost-effective solution which can be implemented in the following applications: • Nuclear Medicine/Isotope Laboratories • Catheterization and Angiography Treatment Rooms • Accelerators • X-Ray Imaging Rooms • Regular Waste Management • PET Facilities • Other applications involving Radiation and/or Radioisotopes The concept of the system is simple and unique, enabling receipt of on-line monitoring of the radiation in the room, threshold alarms, and full documentation of the data. The System will be presented during the Congress in our special booth and through an oral presentation on Monday, October 4 (please check for specific time and place). We are looking forward to seeing you . ROTEM INDUSTRIES LTD. P.O.Box 9046, Beer Sheva 84190, ISRAEL. Tel: 972-7-6567008, Fax: 972-7-6554502 E-mail: [email protected] mb18\medi.doc LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE M.R.Quastel, Co-Chair .S'. Faermann J. Goldsmith, Co-Chair T. Schlesinger E. Riklis, Program Chair A. Fischbein Y. Cohen G. Shani M. Green, Adm. Secretary B. Gold J. Iscovich E. Stern J. Cwikel R. Gorodisher E. Lubin Y Yaffe L. Epstein Y. Hertzanu B. Afodan INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD L. Annspaugh (U.S.A) E. Cardis (1ARC, France) L Harding (U.K.) E. Ron (U.S.A.) K. Bcnerstock (WHO) J. Emerit (France) Y. Hosoda (Japan) J. Samet (U.S.A.) M. Berger (U.S.A.) S. Finch (U.S.A.) G. Kramer (Canada) G.Souchkevitch (WHO) V. Bond (U.S.A.) D. Goldsmith U.S. Co-ordinator R. Neta (U.S.A.) A.Tsyb (Russia) U'.Burkart (Germany) T. Hakulinen (Finland) M.Repacholi (WHO) THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS: • Elscint Inc. • Soreq Nuclear Research Center • Israel Cancer Society • Israel Atomic Energy Commission • International Atomic Energy Agency • US Department of Energy • National Institutes of Health USA • International Association for Radiation Research • Committee for Research and Prevention in Occupational Safety and Health of the Israel Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT & TOURIST SERVICES OrtraLtd P.O.B. 50432, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel Tel: 972-3-517-7888 Fax: 972 -3-517-4433 E-mail: ortra@trendline. co. il LIST OF EXHIBITORS ROTEM INDUSTRIES LTD. Tel: 07-656 7008, 052-88 7654 I Fax:07-655 4502 ' ' ' ' tUM> • • NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION MATERIALS Ella Miron Tel; 07-672 8154, 07-672 3741 Fax: 07-675 4895, 07-675 1003 PR NONA INTL. Sokolov 78, Herzliya, Israel Tel: 09-563527 . 177-0224620 PROGRAM Sunday. November 3.1996 10:00 -12:00 Short Courses ("Tamar" Hall - Desert Inn Hotel) 14:00 - 17:00 20:00 "Get Together" Cocktail ("Dekel" Hall. Desert Inn Hotel) Monday, November 4, 1996 08:00 - 09:00 Registration (Sonnenfeldt Auditorium) Poster Mounting (Sonnenfeldt Auditorium) Paee No. 09:00 - 10:00 OPENING CEREMONY Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Greetings Dr. A. Braverman President, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Dr. I. Peterburg Medical Director, Soroka Medical Center Prof. S. Segal Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Ms. M. Ziv Israel Cancer Society Dr. I. Turai International Atomic Energy Agency, Henna Dr. G. Souchkevich World Health Organization, Genneva, Switzerland Prof. A. Serduk Minister of Health, Ukraine 110:00-11:00 PLENARY LECTURES Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Chairs: M. Quastel, J. Goldsmith, Israel 10:00 -10:30 the Russian Radiation Legacy: Its Integrated Impact and Lessons 1 M. Goldman, USA 10:30 -11 00 Fifty Years of Studying A-Bomb Survivors 2 A. Stewart. UK 11:00 -11:30 Coffee Break 111:30 - 13:30 SYMPOSIUM 1: DOSIMETRY AND DOSIMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Chairs: G. Kramer, Canada and G. Shani, Israel 11:30 - 11:55 Considerations In Assigning Dose Based on In Vivo Counting 3 G. Kramer. Canada 11:55 - 12:20 Thyroid Dose Reconstruction in the Ukraine: Ten Years of Study 4 G. Goulko. N. Chepurny, P. Jacob, I. Kairo, I. Likhtarev. B. Sobolev. and G.Voigt. Germany and Ukraine 12:20 - 12:45 Collective Bio-Dosimetry as A Dosimetric "Gold-Standard": A Study of Three 5 Radiation Accidents B. Pass. A.E. Baronov, J.E. Aldrich. P. Scallion, R.P. Gale. Canada, Russia and USA 12:45 -13:05 Health Concerns Related To Radiation Exposure of the Female Nuclear Medicine 6 Patient M. Stabin. USA 13:05-14:00 Lunch and Poster Mounting (Menza) III Monday, November 4, 1996 (could)) 14:00 - 15:10 SYMPOSIUM 2: DNA MUTATION AND RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Chairs: E. Riklis, Israel, andJ. Weiss, USA 14:00 - 14:25 Mechanism of DNA Repair * E. Priel, Israel 14:25 -14:50 Pharmacologic Approaches to Protection Against Radiation-Induced Lethality 7 and Other Damage J. Weiss, (ASM 14:50 - 15:10 Enhanced Dna Repair: A New Modality For Improved Radioprotection and 8 Photoprotcction E. Riklis, Israel 115:15-17:15 SESSION 1: PHYSICS AND HEALTH PHYSICS (Parallel to Session 2) Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Chairs: S. Faermann, Israel, and T. Hamilton, USA Radiation Protection at Workplace: A New Proposition 9 B. Gold, and Y. Sadan. B.Ashkenazi, N. Ankri and N. Tal. Israel Radon In Schools and Other Public Buildings: When Risk Management Can Be 10 More Stringent Than Risk Assessment E. Richter. J. Kleinstern. and J. Westin. Israel Rn-222 Emanation from Rock Units and Indoor Levels in Israel: An Integrated 11 Approach in Assessing Radon-Prone Areas M. Shirav. J. Shani. I. Katsir. E. Ne'eman. and S. Brenner. Israel Yhe Body Content of Pb-210: A Measure of Cumulative Exposure to 12 Radon/Radon Progeny? P. Roth. E Werner. W. Wahl. and W. Jacobi. Germany The Unattached Fraction of the Radon Progeny: An Improved Method for Size 13 Distribution Determination G. Buttervveck-Dempewolf. Ch. Schuler. and A. Reineking. Switzerland and Germany In Vivo Measurements of Cs-137 Long Term Retention in Individuals 14 Contaminated in the Goiania Accident C. Oliviera. D. Melo. B. Dantas. J. Lipsztein. and G. Laurer. Brazil and USA A Biokinetic Model for Cesium-137 15 J. Lipsztein. D. Melo. and C. Oliveira. Brazil An Assessment of Human Exposure to Environmental Radiation in Thecanadian 16 Arctic M. Walsh. A. Baweja. and B. Tracy. Canada Development of a Tissue-Equivalent Lung Phantom for In Vivo Determination 17 of Low Energy Photon Emitters B, Dantas, G. and Rosales. Brazil A Compressed Air Ionization Chamber for Low Exposition Rates 18 R. Rodrigues. C Pela. A. Ghilardi. and T. Ghilardi Netlo. Brazil * Abstract not submitted IV Monday. November 4, 1996 (cont'd)) 15:15 - 17:15 SESSION 2: DNA MUTATIONS AND CARCINOGENESIS (Parallel to Session 1) HallB Chairs: A. Korol, Israel, and E. Hich'egi, Hungary Study on Carcinogenesis After Irradiation of Mice in Utero 19 K. Lumniczky. S. Antal, G. Safrany. and E. Hidvegi. Hungary A Delayed Dna Degradation Process Resembling Apoptosis Is Associated 20 With Radiation Induced Neoplastic Transformation of Human Hybrid Cells M. Mendonca. K. Howard, L. Desmond. US.4 Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced Gene Responses 21 G. Woloschak, and T. Paunesku. US4 Revealing Molecular Genetic Changes in the Jewish Immigrants Who Came to 22 Israel from the Chernobyl Disaster Area H. Weinberg, E. Nevo. A. Korol. T. Fahima. G. Rennett and S. Shapiro. Israel Effect of Chronic Low Dose Ionizing Radiation on Chromatin Structure 23 R. Gordon. E. Novoselova. and V. Karnaukhov. Russia How Should We Assess the Action of Mixed Irradiation? 24 S. Suzuki. Japan Radiation-Induced Double-Strand Breaks In Calf Thymus DNA in the Presence 25 of 1,2 Dihydroxy 9,10, Anthraquinone and Its Cu (I) Complex S. Das. A. Saha. P. Mandal. India 17:15-19:00 Poster I iewing and coffee break (Sonnenfeldt Auditorium) Tuesday, November 5, 1996 108:30-10:30 SYMPOSIUM 3: BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Chairs: A. Fischbein, Israel, and I. Emerit, France 08:30 - 09:00 Indirect Action Mechanisms Responsible for Chromosomal Instability After 26 Radiation Exposure I, Emerit. France 09:00 - 09:30 Stable Biomarkers for Retrospective Biodosimetry 27 J. Lucas, (ASM 09:30 - 10:00 Assessment of Radiation Induced Injury to the Reproductive System: from the * Bench to the Bedside A. Fischbein, Rainat Gan, Israel 10:00 - 10:45 Coffee Break | 10:45 - 12:45 SYMPOSIUM 4: EPIDEMIOLOGY: THYROID CANCER Sonnenfeldt A uditorium Chairs: B. Modem, Israel, and E. Cardis, France 10 45 -11:10 Chernobyl Related Thyroid Cancer: What Evidence for Role of Short Lived 28 Iodines? J, Bleuer, Y. Averkin, and Th. Abelin. Switzerland and Belarus 11:10- 11:35 Lessons from Chernobyl on Radiation and Health: Thyroid Cancer and Leukemia 29 E. Cardis, larc. Lyon, France 11:35 - 12:00 Malignant and Benign Tumors Following Radiation Exposure to the Head and Neck 30 E. Ron. (ASM 12:00 - 12:30 the Relationship Between the Prevalence of Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodules 31 In the Population of the Marshall Islands to Potential Exposure from Nuclear Weapons Tests K. Trott. M. Schoemakcr. T. Takahashi. K. Fujimori, and S. Simon. UK and Japan 12:30 - 13:00 Reconstruction of Thyroid Doses for Children With Thyroid Cancer In Belarus 32 G. Voigt, E. Buglova. E. Demidchik. G. Goulko. Y. Kenigsberg. H. Miiller. and H. Paratzke. Germany, and Belarus 13:00-14:15 Lunch (Mema) * Abstract not submitted VI Tuesday, November 5, 1996 (cont'd) 114:15 - 16: IS SESSION 3: BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF EXPOSURE (Parallel to Session 4) HallB Chairs: M.