RE: Ship Yard Workers - John Boice

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Ted,

You do not know why the report was not accepted.  According to the NCRP 136,

which I sure you read, Jim Muckerheide's asertion that the NSW report shows

hormesis ignores selection bias.  As I said, I am not a statistican or

epidemologist.  I do intend to take time to review some some of these

arguements to see the validity these charges.



My impression is the epidemiology is not really a science, but an analytical

tool.  Consider that the analysis of cholera case in London showed that the

source was a praticular well.  However, without an understand of biology,

the cause was not recognized as being a bacteria.  That is difference

between the work naturalist did and what Darwin concluded.



Have a nice holiday.



-- John 



-----Original Message-----

From: Ted Rockwell [mailto:tedrock@cpcug.org]

Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:57 AM

To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); Muckerheide; John Williams;

hflong@pacbell.net

Cc: radsafe

Subject: RE: Ship Yard Workers - John Boice





> Since when did "publish" mean peer reviewed?



John:



DOE, NCRP, ICRP, BEIR committees, et al. seem to hold to this definition,

since they do not include this study in their reports, although it is

clearly the best study available on the subject and was under the same

technical direction (Arthur Upton).



Ted Rockwell



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