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Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 173-176

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From page 173...
... This value will presumably vary with the endpoint measured, but it is not known precisely for such endpoints as incidence of or death due to cancer. Experimental studies suggest a value between 5 and 20, but the epidemiological data derived from the studies of the atomic bomb surveyors imply a lower number, possibly 1 to 2.
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From page 174...
... of a distribution of numbers whose logarithms are normally distributed. Geometric standard deviation (abbreviated GSDj.
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From page 175...
... Program was developed as a result of the National Cancer Act of 1971, which mandated the collection, analysis, and dissemination of all data useful in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. SEER is a continuing project of the National Cancer Institute to collect cancer data on a routine basis from designated population-based cancer registries in various areas of the country.
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From page 176...
... rate adjusted to a population of a standardized age distribution. It is usually equal to the ratio of the number of observed deaths to the number of expected deaths.
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Key Terms

  • atomic bomb
  • ionizing radiation
  • biological effectiveness
  • bomb casualty
  • geometric standard

  • casualty commission
  • age distribution
  • standardized age
  • rate adjusted
  • geometric mean

  • relative risk
  • relative biological
  • quality factor
  • cancer institute
  • distributed variable

  • biologic effects
  • radiant energy
  • abbreviated rbe
  • abbreviated gsd
  • specific tissue

  • value expected
  • dose equivalent
  • square root
  • analysis seeks
  • surveyors imply

  • atomic bombings
  • biological endpoint
  • mortality rate
  • radiation emanating
  • air ionized


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