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Time-Related Factors in Radiation-Cancer Dose Response.

PB98130925

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Wing, S. B.; Richardson, D. B.
Page Count	238
Abstract	The report examines the effects of low-level external exposure to ionizing radiation on mortality among workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). A retrospective cohort study examines 14,095 ORNL workers hired between 1943 and 1972 who were followed through 1990. Analyses focus on time-related factors influencing the association between all cancer mortality rates and cumulative external radiation dose. A limited number of analyses further considered all cause mortality, all causes except cancer, lung cancer, all cancers except lung, leukemia, ischemic heart disease, non-malignant respiratory disease, and external causes. The effects of external radiation dose were larger for doses received at older ages.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Radiation effects Ionizing radiation Exposure Mortality Cancer Age Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Epidemiology.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199811

Time-Related Factors in Radiation-Cancer Dose Response.

Time-Related Factors in Radiation-Cancer Dose Response.
PB98130925

Publication Date	1997
Personal Author	Wing, S. B.; Richardson, D. B.
Page Count	238
Abstract	The report examines the effects of low-level external exposure to ionizing radiation on mortality among workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). A retrospective cohort study examines 14,095 ORNL workers hired between 1943 and 1972 who were followed through 1990. Analyses focus on time-related factors influencing the association between all cancer mortality rates and cumulative external radiation dose. A limited number of analyses further considered all cause mortality, all causes except cancer, lung cancer, all cancers except lung, leukemia, ischemic heart disease, non-malignant respiratory disease, and external causes. The effects of external radiation dose were larger for doses received at older ages.
Keywords	Occupational safety and health Radiation effects Ionizing radiation Exposure Mortality Cancer Age Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Epidemiology.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	199811