Title A review of the draft report of the NCI-CDC working group to revise the 1985 radioepidemiological tables / Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control, and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE Contractor Sites: Subcommittee to Review Radioepidemiological Tables ; Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 51 pages) Series Compass series Compass series (Washington, D.C.) Contents A Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables; Copyright; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SUMMARY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S REPORT; 3. CRITIQUE; UTILITY OF THE DATA SOURCES; DATA SOURCES FOR ESTIMATES OF UNCERTAINTIES; ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING RADIOLOGIC EFFECTS; MODELING AND CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; 4. TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND PROTRACTED (CHRONIC) EXPOSURES; 5. ASSESSMENT OF TIME-SINCE-EXPOSURE AS A MODIFIER OF RISK; 6. APPLICABILITY OF ASSIGNED SHARE CALCULATIONS TO MINORITY GROUPS 7. ESTIMATION OF ASSIGNED SHARE FOR NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER8. TREATMENT OF UNCERTAINTY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RESIDUAL UNCERTAINTIES AND USE OF A SCALE FACTOR; 9. HOW SHOULD THE RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL TABLES BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC?; A) EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTIVE RADIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROGRAM:; Accessibility:; Transparency:; Flexibility:; B) OTHER ETHICAL AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES:; 10. FUTURE REVISIONS AND BROADER ISSUES; FUTURE REVISIONS:; BROADER ISSUES:; Usefulness of Probability of Causation:; Role of Uncertainty in Compensation:; 11. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UTILITY OF DATA SOURCESConclusion; Recommendations; ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING RADIOLOGIC EFFECTS; Conclusion; Recommendations; EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND BIOSTATISTICAL MODELS; Conclusions; Recommendations; HANDLING OF UNCERTAINTY; Conclusions; Recommendations; Suggestions; MAKING THE RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL TABLES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; Conclusions; Recommendations; Suggestions; 12. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE COMPENSATION POLICY; APPENDIX A Specific Comments on the Working Group's Draft Report ; APPENDIX B Specific Comments on the Interactive Radio-Epidemiological Program ; Installation ANALYTICA ConstraintsIREP Choices in Implementation; Input Data; APPENDIX C Supplement to Text ; MLN -- SOFTWARE FOR N-LEVEL ANALYSIS.; REFERENCES; Information on Committee Members Notes "This report was prepared under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contract 200-95-0965 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48) Notes Print version record Subject Radiation -- Physiological effect. Radiation -- Health aspects Ionizing radiation -- Dose-response relationship. Radiation carcinogenesis. Cancer -- Epidemiology. Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced HEALTH & FITNESS -- Safety. MEDICAL. Preventive Medicine. Cancer -- Epidemiology Ionizing radiation -- Dose-response relationship Radiation carcinogenesis Radiation -- Health aspects Radiation -- Physiological effect Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Radiation Effects Research. National Cancer Institute (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ISBN 0309564891 9780309564892

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