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

[John Jacobus]

What do you mean "multiple trauma?"  Do you mean x-ray
exams as part of the bomb survivor studies?  

Also, diagnostic x-rays are in the mrad ranges, not
rad.

--- Tom Mohaupt <tom.mohaupt at wright.edu> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> >+++++++++++++++++++
> >"A positive attitude may not solve all your
> problems, but it will annoy
> >enough people to make it worth the effort." Herm
> Albright
> >
> >-- John
> >John Jacobus, MS
> >Certified Health Physicist
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> >
> >
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> Thomas Mohaupt, M.S., CHP
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> 

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"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort." Herm Albright

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


		
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