RE: Does Size Matter? -Reply

["Lamothe, Emelie" <lamothee@aecl.ca>]

But then, it's not the size that counts, it's what ....

With tongue firmly in cheek! (sorry Melissa, I couldn't resist)
Emelie Lamothe
lamothee@aecl.ca

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> From: 	Charles Willis[SMTP:CAW@nrc.gov]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, October 28, 1998 11:56 AM
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> Subject: 	RE: Does Size Matter? -Reply
> 
> Sara, et al.,
> 
> This gets complicated in a hurry.  Skinny people tend to get higher
> internal doses
> but larger and/or more numerous fat cells may shield the more sensitive
> cells from
> external radiation.   Also, thin folk tend to live longer and therefore be
> more likely
> to develop cancer.  Conversly, a high fat diet is said to increase the
> risk of  colon
> cancer.  The 1992-5 data indicate that the over all cancer risk in the US
> is
> somewhat higher than the risk in Japan.  Of course, there are sex
> differences.  The
> age adjusted male cancer death rate in Hungary is about 3.5 times that in
> Mexico. 
> It is interesting but not simple.
> 
> Charlie Willis
> caw@nrc.gov
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