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RE:
Zack,
First, none of this is his work. (I have a copy of the British
Radiographers study if you would like a copy to read yourself. For one
thing, there are no dose values associated with the study.)
Second, it is old material that has been interpreted differently by the
original authors. (The term is data-mining when you look for some sort of
correlation in the database that was not originally analyzed for. Of
course, there are many causes of bias, some which are enumerated in
EPIDEMIOLOGY 2001;12:114-122, "Causation of Bias: The Episcope" at
http://ipsapp002.lwwonline.com/content/getfile/64/48/19/fulltext.htm.
Third, John is not an epidemiologist, but is putting his own spin on the
data. (A good overview of epidemiological study can be found in
EPIDEMIOLOGY, November 1999, Vol. 10, No. 6, "What You Should Have Learned
about Epidemiologic Data Analysis" at
http://ipsapp002.lwwonline.com/content/getfile/64/35/1/fulltext.htm
They are good words but is it good science. But that may not be the issue.
If you select those articles that validate your point, ignore those articles
that contradict your point, and keep repeating it over and over again,
eventually it takes on a sense of truth. This is similar to what we claim
the anti-nuclear people are doing.
Caveat Lector
Have a nice weekend.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Zack Clayton [mailto:zclayton@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:03 AM
To: radsafe
Subject:
A public source of information from John R Cameron. A pleasent change
from media hysteria.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020823063221.html
It's his study on low dose exposures.
. . .
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