The role of epidemiology in the detection of harmful effects of radiation
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Research is presented establishing new levels of cancer and immunodeficiency risk from low-dose radiation exposure, from studies conducted by the University of Birmingham in the UK. The findings were based on epidemiological research on subjects directly affected, rather than extrapolations drawn from observing atomic bomb survivors.
Publication Name: Environmental Health Perspectives
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0091-6765
Year: 2000
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Challenging the assumptions: risk of effects from radiation
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New studies from the University of Birmingham in the UK show that cancer risk exists at low-dose radiation exposure, contrary to prior assessments that placed the risk only at high-dose exposure. Findings have also revealed that deaths from immune system damage have previously gone underreported due to misdiagnosis.
Publication Name: Environmental Health Perspectives
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0091-6765
Year: 2000
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Tetrachloroethylene-contaminated Drinking Water in Massachusetts and the Risk of Colon-Rectum, Lung and Other Cancers
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The author examines the health consequences of Massachusetts' contaminated drinking water. Topics include cancer, tetrachoroethylene exposure, and health risk factors.
Publication Name: Environmental Health Perspectives
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0091-6765
Year: 1999
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