Mortality of veteran participants in the crossroads nuclear test

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · Health Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199707000-00015· OSTI ID:543364

Johnson, J C; Thaul, S; Page, W F ^[1]

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1. Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC (United States); and others

Operation CROSSROADS, conducted at Bikini Atoll in 1946, was the first post World War II test of nuclear weapons. Mortality experience of 40,000 military veteran participants in CROSSROADS was compared to that of a similar cohort of nonparticipating veterans. All-cause mortality of the participants was slightly increased over nonparticipants by 5% (p < .001). Smaller increases in participant mortality for all malignancies (1.4%, p = 0.26) or leukemia (2.0%, p = 0.9) were not statistically significant. These results do not support a hypothesis that radiation had increased participant cancer mortality over that of nonparticipants. 8 refs.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 543364
• Journal Information: Health Physics, Journal Name: Health Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 73; ISSN HLTPAO; ISSN 0017-9078
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BIKINI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
LEUKEMIA
MILITARY PERSONNEL
MORTALITY