Long-term mortality and cancer risk in irradiated rhesus monkeys. Interim report, 30 September 1983-15 July 1989

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6442719

Wood, D H

Lifetime observations on a group of 358 rhesus monkeys indicate that life expectancy loss from exposure to protons in the energy range encountered in the Van Allen belts and solar proton events is influenced primarily by the dose rather than the energy of radiation. After 24 years, life expectancy losses from similar surface doses of low-LET (138-2300 MeV) and high-LET (32-55 MeV) protons are not significantly different, but the high-LET protons are associated with more deaths in the early years, while the low-LET protons contribute more to mortality in later years. In males, the most significant cause of life shortening is nonleukemia cancers.

• Research Organization: School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6442719
• Report Number(s): AD-A-224337/6/XAB; USAFSAM-JA--90-36
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560152* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Animals
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
BARYONS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOLOGY
DISEASES
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DOSES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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FERMIONS
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LET
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MAMMALS
MONKEYS
MORTALITY
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEONS
PRIMATES
PROGRESS REPORT
PROTONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOBIOLOGY
RADIOINDUCTION
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