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Appendix A Specific Comments on the Working Group's Draft Report
Pages 36-37

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... That seems incongruous with the current debate over neutron RBEs in that study and with the wide range of findings in the experimental literature regarding neutron RBEs.
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... p. 49, it is doubtful that xeroderma pigmentosa patients have increased susceptibility to carcinogenesis induced by ionizing radiation, even though they are exquisitely sensitive to ultraviolet radiation.
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  • neutron rbes
  • appears incorrect
  • pcs produced
  • multiplicative model

  • neutron rbe
  • authors instead
  • syndrome patients
  • covariate value
  • doseestimation procedure

  • discussed elsewhere
  • xeroderma pigmentosa
  • carcinoma syndrome
  • authors adopted
  • individual pcs

  • gamma exposures
  • pigmentosa patients
  • slightly lower
  • ultraviolet radiation
  • increased susceptibility

  • exquisitely sensitive
  • carcinogenesis induced
  • council oversight
  • instead mean
  • observed covariate

  • atm gene
  • literature regarding
  • mean nevoid
  • lowenergy x
  • lower rbe


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