ASA conference on radiation and health: Coolfont 7: Final report

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6203433

These proceedings provide a summary of papers presented at the seventh annual ASA Conference on Radiation and Health, held at the Coolfont Conference Center in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. More than forty scientists, including statisticians, epidemiologists, biologists, and physicists, participated in the conference. The 1987 conference focused on lung cancer risks, especially lung cancer risks due to radon. The BEIR IV report, which addresses health risks of radon and other internally deposited alpha-emitters, was summarized early in the conference. Results of analyses of data on miners in Colorado and in New Mexico were presented, as well as analyses of combined data from several studies, which were used as the basis of estimates in the BEIR IV report. Statistical issues related to appropriate analysis of chronic exposure and of smoking data received considerable attention and discussion. Papers describing models for lung cancer risks based on exposure to cigarette smoke, radiation, and other substances provided insights into general understanding of lung cancer mechanisms. Carcinogenic models were also the subject of a presentation on radiation-induced skin cancer in humans and animals. In addition, relevant data on animal experiments involving radon exposure were summarized. Understanding risks requires relating them to dose, and thus the presentation on dosimetry, both for miner populations and for residents of US homes, made an important contribution to the conference. Presentations on current efforts at the state and national level to assess radon levels in US homes were also of considerable interest to the participants. Individual papers were processed separately for the data base.

• Research Organization: American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-86ER60466
• OSTI ID: 6203433
• Report Number(s): CONF-8707194-Summs.; ON: DE89011528
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AEROSOLS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COLLOIDS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DISEASES
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INTERNAL IRRADIATION
IRRADIATION
ISOTOPES
LUNGS
MEETINGS
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEI
ORGANS
POPULATIONS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOINDUCTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
RESIDUES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SMOKES
SOLS
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