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| Title | The importance of recent results from epidemiology |
| Creator/Author | Harley, N.H. ; Robbins, E.S. |
| Publication Date | 1992 Jan 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 7368749; Legacy ID: DE93014031 |
| Report Number(s) | CONF-920539-1 |
| DOE Contract Number | FG02-87ER60547; AC02-80EV10374; FG02-88ER60656 |
| Other Number(s) | Other: ON: DE93014031; CNN: ES00260; CA13343 |
| Resource Type | Conference |
| Specific Type | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation | Conference: Meeting on radiation safety in uranium mining, Saskatoon (Canada), 25-29 May 1992 |
| Research Org | New York Univ., NY (United States). School of Medicine |
| Sponsoring Org | DOE; DOHHS; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (United States) |
| Subject | 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; MINERS; HEALTH HAZARDS; NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; COLORADO; LUNGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO SMOKES; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BODY; COLLOIDS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; HAZARDS; MAMMALS; MAN; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANS; PERSONNEL; PRIMATES; RARE GASES; RESIDUES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMOKES; SOLS; USA; VERTEBRATES |
| Description/Abstract | The underground miner radon epidemiology reported in the past 15 years has led to modeling of the lung cancer risk from [sup 222]Rn exposure, quantitating the risk in present day mines, extrapolating the risk to environmental [sup 222]Rn exposure, and relating effects of low and high LET radiation. Many countries have occupational guidelines that now better conform to the actual risks experienced in mining and some have governmental guidelines regarding environmental exposure which, when fully implemented, can impose substantial benefit but also substantial cost to society. For this reason it important to follow the health of underground mining populations to better understand the risk that has been deduced, inferred or calculated. The purpose of this report is to describe the most recent results and advances. In this examination a biological basis for a new model for [sup 222]Rn decay product risk is developed. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: (30 p) |
| Availability | OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO Dep. |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 12 |
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