Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
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and Nevada Test Site, 60-61, 62<br />
nuclear facilities, 154-55<br />
and parental exposure, 30-31<br />
and prenatal exposure, 117, 119, 168<br />
and radiotherapy, 29<br />
and radon, 16<br />
and Sellafield, 149<br />
and Semipalatinsk Test Site, 59-60<br />
studies <strong>of</strong> incidence near nuclear facilities,<br />
160-65<br />
and in utero exposure, 29-30, 168<br />
Childhood leukemia, 29-30<br />
and Chernobyl, 135-36, 143, 171, 179<br />
and communities near nuclear power<br />
plants, 152<br />
and Krummel nuclear power plant, 154<br />
and medical exposure, 177<br />
near Dounreay, 149-50<br />
near La Hague reprocessing plant, 151<br />
near nuclear facilities in the UK, 148<br />
and Nevada Test Site, 171<br />
and nuclear power facilities, 148, 154-55<br />
and paternal preconception exposure, 193<br />
and preconception exposure, 190<br />
and viruses, 153-54<br />
Children<br />
and acute lymphocytic leukemia, 23<br />
and atomic bomb survivors, 48, 87<br />
and background radiation, 14, 17<br />
and Chernobyl, 133-35, 137, 141-42, 143,<br />
178<br />
and hypothyroidism, 147<br />
medical exposures, 177<br />
near Sellafield, 149<br />
and Nevada Test Site, 60-61, 62<br />
and nuclear power facilities, 154-55<br />
and parental exposure, 30-31<br />
and prenatal exposure, 117, 168<br />
and radiotherapy, 26-28, 29<br />
and radon, 16<br />
and Semipalatinsk Test Site, 59-60<br />
sensitivity to some forms <strong>of</strong> cancer, 195<br />
studies <strong>of</strong> incidence near nuclear facilities,<br />
160-65<br />
and thyroid cancer, 24, 26, 27, 32, 133-35,<br />
169, 183-84, 185<br />
and thyroid disease around Chernobyl, 185<br />
and in utero exposure, 29-30, 168<br />
China, 107<br />
Index 245<br />
Chromosome aberrations<br />
and Apollo and Parks facility, 148<br />
and background radiation, 15<br />
and flight personnel, 114-15<br />
near Krummel nuclear power plant, 152<br />
and preconception exposure, 193<br />
and Sellafield, 82-83<br />
and Semipalatinsk Test Site, 60<br />
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), 50, 175<br />
and pooled international data, 87<br />
and Savannah River Site, 79<br />
and X-rays, 21<br />
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), 21, 175<br />
and nuclear workers, 177<br />
and radiation exposure, 44<br />
Circadian rhythms, 113, 114<br />
Circulatory disease, 86<br />
Cirrhosis, 50<br />
Cleanup workers, 132, 133, 139-40, 177-78,<br />
182-83<br />
Cohort study, 9<br />
Mayak workers, 97<br />
military personnel, 58<br />
Mound facility, 81<br />
Oak Ridge workers, 75<br />
UK Atomic Energy Authority employees, 83<br />
Colon cancer, 148<br />
Colorectal cancer, 113<br />
Cosmic radiation, 113, 115<br />
Czechoslovakia, 107<br />
Descriptive studies, 8<br />
Diagnostic exposure, 19, 21-24. See also<br />
Medical exposure<br />
and leukemia, 176, 179<br />
studies, 33-35<br />
Digestive system<br />
and atomic bomb survivors, 49<br />
and Chernobyl, 132, 133<br />
and Rocketdyne workers, 77-78<br />
DNA damage<br />
and children <strong>of</strong> atomic bomb survivors, 121<br />
and flight personnel, 114-15<br />
and Semipalatinsk test site, 60<br />
uranium mining, 148<br />
Dose-response analysis, 10-11<br />
and atomic bomb survivors, 45, 52-53<br />
and Chernobyl, 178<br />
and leukemia, 178