Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
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250 Index<br />
health protection standards, 4<br />
and leukemia, 168-69, 177-78<br />
and stillbirths and miscarriages, 121, 122-<br />
23<br />
Oak Ridge, 75-77<br />
and age at exposure, 76-77<br />
and cancer in nearby communities, 154<br />
and lung cancer, 88<br />
and multiple myeloma, 88<br />
and prostate cancer, 88<br />
Occupational dose limits, 70, 72<br />
Occupational exposure, 31, 70-96, 117. See<br />
also Mayak workers; Nuclear workers;<br />
Radiologists<br />
assessing risks, 72-73<br />
facility-specific studies, 90-94<br />
paternal, 191<br />
pooled studies, 190<br />
studies using combined datasets, 95-96<br />
Osteogenic sarcoma, 80<br />
Oxford Survey <strong>of</strong> Childhood Cancers, 119,<br />
168, 177<br />
P-value, 10<br />
Papillary tumors, 181<br />
Parental exposure, 30-31<br />
and childhood leukemia, 148<br />
Parkinson’s disease, 50<br />
Paternal preconception irradiation (PPI), 117,<br />
119, 120, 123, 173, 187, 190<br />
and childhood leukemia, 148, 193<br />
studies, 191<br />
Peptic ulcers, 26<br />
Pilgrim power plant, 147<br />
Pleural cancer, 82, 83, 84, 88<br />
Plutonium, 2, 73, 78, 80, 82, 84, 87, 97, 98,<br />
154<br />
Pneumoconiosis, 105<br />
Polonium-210, 81, 84<br />
Polychythemia vera, 59<br />
Pooled studies, 172-73<br />
Canadian data, 84-85<br />
employees <strong>of</strong> UKAEA, 83<br />
international data, 86<br />
and nuclear workers, 177-78<br />
occupational exposure, 190<br />
and radon, 17<br />
and solid cancer, 88<br />
and thyroid cancer, 27-28, 182<br />
UKNRBP, 83-84<br />
and uranium mining, 107-8<br />
U.S. radiation workers, 85-86<br />
Portsmouth Uranium Enrichment Plant, 80-81<br />
Preconceptional exposure, 117-29<br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> studies, 187-93<br />
animal studies, 195<br />
and atomic bomb survivors, 51<br />
and Chernobyl, 136-37<br />
and childhood leukemia, 148<br />
dose studies, 192<br />
<strong>of</strong> fathers, 119<br />
and LNHL, 124-25<br />
maternal, 123<br />
meta-analysis, 173<br />
and solid cancers, 126-27<br />
and stillbirths and congenital malformations,<br />
128-29<br />
studies, 188-89<br />
Prenatal exposure, 14, 117-29<br />
and atomic bomb survivors, 51<br />
and childhood cancer risk, 168<br />
and childhood leukemia, 29, 135-36<br />
and leukemia, 177<br />
Prostate cancer<br />
and Chapelcross facility, 83<br />
and employees <strong>of</strong> UKAEA, 83<br />
and Fernald site workers, 88<br />
and flight personnel, 113, 114, 115<br />
and Oak Ridge workers, 75, 88<br />
and pooled UK data, 88<br />
in UKNRBP workers, 84<br />
Quadratic model, 10-11. See also Linear<br />
quadratic model<br />
<strong>Radiation</strong><br />
and association with leukemia, 87<br />
background, 13-18<br />
basics, 3-7<br />
epidemiological methods, 7-9<br />
exposure, 2-3<br />
and flight personnel, 113-16<br />
history, 2<br />
and non-solid cancers, 44<br />
and solid tumors, 44<br />
types <strong>of</strong>, 5-6<br />
<strong>Radiation</strong> Effects Research Foundation