AW: [ RadSafe ] In utero dose "Alara Does Work" ?!!

[John Jacobus]

Rainer,
I believe that he was asked to review the shipyard
worker study due to his expertise in dosimetry.  

I will have to look through my docuements to find
appropriate papers to reference or send.  I will try
and find specific referecnes that cite Dr. Cameron's
conclusions about this study.  Like you and others on
this list, I do cannot spend all my time monitoring
this list and reponding to every message.  

Nevertheless, the report itself can be found at
http://cedr.lbl.gov/shipyard.pdf

An abstract of the report was published in Radiaton
Research, 133, 126-127 (1993) or I can send a copy.

A review of the study was published in J Radiol Prot.,
2001 Dec; 21(4):400-3 or I can send a copy.

Unfortunately, I forsee that this will lead to another
long debate on the LNT and hormesis.  Nevertheless, I
will try and restrict my input.  I have a life beyond
this list.

--- Rainer.Facius at dlr.de wrote:

> John:
> 
> Please, could you provide some references to
> published work where the debate counter Cameron's
> arguments has been documented. 
> 
> Also, if I remember correctly, Cameron served on the
> external referee board which closely supervised
> Matanoski's nuclear shipyard study. I find it
> difficult to imagine that he was called without
> quite some professional standing also in
> epidemiology - but of course I may err here.
> 
> Kind regards, Rainer
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl im Auftrag von John
> Jacobus
> Gesendet: Do 20.04.2006 22:00
> An: howard long; jjcohen at prodigy.net; Michael Bohan;
> radsafe at radlab.nl
> Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] In utero dose "Alara Does
> Work" ?!!
> 
> 
> Dr. Long,
> The late Dr. Cameron's conclusions were debated and
> argued many times.  He was not a trained
> epidemiologist.  You are not a trained
> epidemiologist,
> although you claim to have studied to be one.  
> 
> 


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"A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify." 
Leo Szilard
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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