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The feasibility of epidemiologic investigations of the health effects of low-level ionizing radiation. Final report. NUREG/CR-1728, NRC-01-79-010 (1980)
| Author | N.A.Dreyer |
| Date | September 1980 |
| Classification | 6.01.4.80/40 (RADIATION - DISCUSSION ON LOW-LEVEL RADIATION) |
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ABSTRACT This is the final report of "A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Conducting Epidemiologic Investigations of the Health Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation, " begun July 3, 1979. The study defines low-level ionizing radiation as a single dose of 5 rem (whole-body) or less and chronic doses that accumulate at the rate of less than 5 rem per year. The objective of this project was to determine whether or not further epidemiologic research (either expansion of current projects or initiation of new ones) would be useful at this time for quantitating the health effects due to low-level ionizing radiation. No outstanding candidate population is recommended for study since, even if the largest available populations are studied, the chance of finding a definite positive result is very small. However, the decision to conduct a study must rest heavily on social and political considerations rather than on purely scientific ones. Therefore four populations are tentatively proposed for prospective cohort studies, with nested case-control studies as needed. Overall, the most practical approach would be to conduct a study through a national worker registry, with cancer as the endpoint of interest. The problems encountered in studying low-level ionizing radiation are not unique, but apply with equal force to investigations dealing with a great variety of toxic occupational and environmental agents.
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