Re: inquiry for cases about radiation contamination in residence

[michael quastel <maay100@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>]

	Regarding your question, considerable work has been done here on
psychosocial aspects of radiation exposure and on how people perceive
their exposures, based on experiences with the immigrants to Israel from
the former Soviet Union near Chernobyl. This work has been published and
was carried out by Dr. Julie Cwikel and her associates at the Department
of Social Work of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva,
Israel.

				Michael R. Quastel MD PhD
				Nuclear Medicine
			        Soroka Medical Center
				POB 151, Beer Sheva, Israel 84101
				Beer Sheva, Israel 84101
				Email: maay100@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Shu-Fen Kao wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I currently work on a research about an incident of Cobalt-60 contamination
> in residence in Taiwan. I am interested in how people's perception of
> radiation as well as other social and cultural factors shape the emergence
> of activism in this incident in Taiwan.   I wonder whether there are similar
> cases in US or any other country.  I learned Radon contamination in
> residence on literature but i have never found Co-60 one or any similar
> cases but not the natural radiation contamination.  (The case in Taiwan is
> construction bars had been contaminated by Co-60 accidentally.)
> 
> If you know any related literature in this area, please reply me at
> "kaoshufe@pilot.msu.edu" 
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> Shu-Fen Kao
> Dept. of Sociology
> Michigan State University
> Email: kaoshufe@pilot.msu.edu
>  
> 
> 
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