Re: Lindell excess absolute risk

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@mediaone.net>]

lars.persson@ssi.se wrote:
> 
> An annual excess absolute risk of 2.5E-4 per gray
> is the annual risk that will be caused for a number
> of years (the risk plateau) following a single expo-
> sure. If the plateau length is assumed to be 40 years,
> then the total risk of the single exposure will be
> 40 times 2.5E-4 per gray. The 40 years is not the
> length of an exposure but the length of the period
> of risk following an exposure.
>           Bo Lindell, SSI, Sweden


So the risk of rad-induced cancer is E-2/Gy over 40 year? or am I
misunderstanding something?

Thanks. 

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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