[ RadSafe ] Healthy Worker Effect - Test Time? / Taiwan study

Bjorn Cedervall bcradsafers at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 18 07:21:24 CET 2005


Sometimes a strong correlation is not causal. I suggest that we take a 
cautious approach (Taiwan study) regarding conclusions. Has any age profiles 
been analyzed in relation to the article?

My personal reflection only,

Bjorn Cedervall                        bcradsafers at hotmail.com
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>The Taiwan "Study" (J Am Phys & Surg 9:1, pp6-11) is at least as impressive 
>as was John Snow's observation of more disease on one side of a London 
>street than the other having a different water supply.This at least calls 
>for a test, "taking off the pump handle", exposing another population to 
>0.4 Sv over 10 years, to reproduce very low cancer and fetal abnormality 
>rates..




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