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Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University

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54 observed vs. 46.1 expected deaths;<br />

mortality ratio 1.17 (0.88-1.53)<br />

Five facilities in<br />

Ontario<br />

Leukemia mortality within 25 km <strong>of</strong> facility 1950-<br />

87<br />

McLaughlin<br />

et al. 1993<br />

Leukemia RR 1.17; non-Hodgkin’s<br />

lymphoma RR 1.26 3<br />

18 Japanese<br />

facilities<br />

Leukemia and lymphoma mortality in communities<br />

containing facility 1973-87, ages 0-14<br />

Iwasaki<br />

et al. 1995<br />

SMR 0.80 (0.62-1.01) for ages 0-24 and<br />

0.71 (0.37-1.24) for ages 0-4<br />

13 French<br />

facilities<br />

Leukemia mortality within 16 km <strong>of</strong> facility 1968-<br />

89, ages 0-24<br />

Hattchouel<br />

et al. 1995<br />

Communities Near Nuclear Facilities 165<br />

3<br />

These risk estimates were calculated by us from data presented by the author according to the authors’ methodology; confidence intervals were not<br />

calculated.

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