[ RadSafe ] Re: radsafe Digest, Vol 9, Issue 6

[John Jacobus]

In simple terms, you select those end points you can
study. For epidemiological studies, these endpoints
are useful, particularly if the exposures occurred in
the past. If you were to study radiation in a clinical
setting, you could sample blood and urine for
radiation related products.

--- radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl <bandb at oz.net> wrote:
> Can some one explain in simple terms why cancer,
death, leukemia 
> (cancer), etc.  are the only bench marks used to
determine whether or 
> not radiation exposure has caused injury or had an
adverse affect?  
> These consequences seem to me to be severe enough
that some lesser form 
> of harm might be better suited as a bench mark, so
as to preclude the 
> possibility of cancer, death, leukemia etc.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing
list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have
read and understood the RadSafe rules. These can be
found at: http://radlab.nl/radsafe/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe
and other settings visit: http://radlab.nl/radsafe/


+++++++++++++++++++
"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com