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Title:
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR RADIATION - PANEL ON INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS, ENTITLED: IONIZING RADIATION AND CARCINOGENESIS
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Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
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Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0028
Accession Number:
NV0702327
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 21
Description/Abstract:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO EXAMINE RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS AS AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD. THE REPORT FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOSAGE AND BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE. ONE CASE LINKS RADON AS A RESPONSIBLE FACTOR FOR CANCER OF THE LUNG IN THE MINERS OF SCHNEEBERG AND JACHYMOV. ANOTHER INSTANCE OF RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS AS AN INDUSTRIAL HAZARD IS THE OCCURRENCE OF OSTEOGENIC SARCOMA IN DIAL PAINTERS USING RADIOACTIVE LUMINOUS PAINT. FROM QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF RADIUM POISONING, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT 1.5 X 10 (E -9) G. OF RADIUM PER G. OF DRY BONE WILL RESULT IN BONE TUMORS. ANOTHER CASE CONCLUDED THAT LEUKAEMIA WAS SOME NINE TO TEN TIMES AS FREQUENT IN RADIOLOGISTS AS IN NON-RADIOLOGICAL PHYSICIANS. THE REPORT ALSO DISCUSSES TUMORS OF THE SKIN, LARYNX, PHARYNX, AND TUMORS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS.