[ RadSafe ] From McGregor and Land (1977) . . .

[Tom Mohaupt]

How many had multiple trauma that perhaps included fluroscopy, which 
could increase the dose considerably?
I don't recall ever seeing that information provided in H&N data.
Tom

John Jacobus wrote:

>>From D. H. McGregor, C. E. Land, K. Choi, S. Tokuoka,
>P.I. Liu, T. Wakabayashi and G. W. Beebe, Breast
>cancer incidence among atomic bomb survivors,
>Hiroshima and  Nagasaki, 195069. J. Natl. Cancer
>Inst. 59, 799811 (1977).
>
>"If there were serious bias in the breast cancer
>ascertainment, incidence estimates for those
>individuals not in the city ATB (at time of bombing)
>or individuals exposed to low doses of radiation (0-9
>rads) should have been well below those ordinarily
>found in Janpan.  However, comparisons of observed
>numbers of cases with the expected numbers based on
>age-specific incidence generally taken as
>representatvie for Japan, e.g., those for the Miyagi
>and Okayana prefectures, show no evidence that the
>ascertainment was, in fact, short of expectaion for
>the group not in either city and for the group exposed
>to 0-9 rads:
>
>Group               Observed         Expected
>Not in either city     39               44
>Exposed to 0-9 rads   105               96
>Total                 144              140
>
>
>If anyone would like the original report, let me know.
>
>
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