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Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University

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High prostate cancer SMRs for >10 mSv external<br />

exposure (5.9, 1.6-15.3) or exposure to tritium (8.9,<br />

3.3-19.5); significant dose-response for prostate<br />

cancer<br />

Mean external dose 32.4<br />

mSv<br />

Cohort study <strong>of</strong> mortality in 39,546 employees <strong>of</strong><br />

the UK Atomic Energy Authority 1946-1979<br />

Beral et al.<br />

1985<br />

ERR estimates <strong>of</strong> 2.2/Sv (90% CI 0.1-5.7; non-CLL<br />

leukemia), 4.2/Sv (90% CI 0.3-14.4; multiple<br />

myeloma), and 0.07/Sv (90% CI -0.30-0.30; solid<br />

Mean external dose 40.2<br />

mSv<br />

Cohort study <strong>of</strong> mortality in 95,673 workers in<br />

Canada, UK, and US 1943-1988<br />

Cardis et al.<br />

1995<br />

cancer)<br />

Tritium exposure associated with cancers <strong>of</strong> the lung,<br />

prostate and testicles. Plutonium exposure associated<br />

with cancers <strong>of</strong> the lung and pleura<br />

Exposure to tritium,<br />

plutonium, or other<br />

nuclides assessed<br />

without dose<br />

Cohort study <strong>of</strong> mortality in 40,761 employees <strong>of</strong><br />

UK nuclear industry (UK Atomic Energy<br />

Authority, Atomic Weapons Establishment,<br />

Sellafield) in association with internally deposited<br />

Carpenter et<br />

al. 1998<br />

ERR estimates <strong>of</strong> 4.2/Sv (0.4-13.4; leukemia) and –<br />

0.02 (-0.5-0.6; all other cancers). Positive risks <strong>of</strong><br />

pleural cancer (RR 7.1) and uterine cancer (RR 3.0)<br />

information.<br />

Mean external dose<br />

56.5 mSv<br />

radionuclides 1946-1988<br />

Cohort study <strong>of</strong> mortality in 75,006 employees <strong>of</strong><br />

UK nuclear industry (UK Atomic Energy<br />

Authority, Atomic Weapons Establishment,<br />

Sellafield) 1946-1988<br />

Case-control study <strong>of</strong> 787 lung cancer deaths and<br />

787 controls from 4 uranium processing facilities<br />

in Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee 1943-1983<br />

Cohort study <strong>of</strong> mortality in 44,943 employees <strong>of</strong><br />

Hanford, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and<br />

Rocky Flats facilities 1945-1986<br />

Carpenter et<br />

al.1994<br />

in monitored workers<br />

Lung dose 0-1.4 Gy OR 2.0 (0.4-10.9) with radon exposure<br />

Dupree et al.<br />

1995<br />

Facility mean external<br />

doses 22-41 mSv<br />

Gilbert et al.<br />

1993<br />

<strong>Radiation</strong> Workers 95<br />

Significant dose-response trends for Hodgkin’s<br />

disease, multiple myeloma, and cancers <strong>of</strong> the<br />

esophagus and larynx. Nonsignificant ERR estimates<br />

for leukemia and solid cancer 1 . ERR for all cancer<br />

deaths after age 75 6.1/Sv (90% CI 2.2-14)<br />

ERR estimates 0.47/Sv (90% CI –0.12-1.20; all<br />

cancer), 4.3/Sv (90% CI 0.40-13.6; leukemia), and<br />

6.9/Sv (90% CI –0.03-46; multiple myeloma).<br />

Significantly positive thyroid cancer SMR (3.0,<br />

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