Cancer mortality (1956-1985) among male employees of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited with respect to occupational exposure to external low-linear-energy-transfer ionizing radiation.

Abstract:

:The mortality experience between 1956 and 1985 of 8977 males employed by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is reported. A total of 4260 men, 47% of the cohort, were exposed to low doses of external ionizing radiation at low dose rates, with a mean cumulative equivalent dose of 52.1 mSv. For cancers as a whole the excess relative risk, based on 227 deaths, was 0.36% per 10 mSv (90% confidence bounds -0.46, 2.45). This is quite comparable to the corresponding estimate based on the atomic bomb survivors study. There was a positive association between radiation dose and death from leukemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukemia) P = 0.058. However, this was based on only four deaths and hence cannot sensibly be compared to estimates based on high-dose studies. The present results suggest that, for cancer as a whole, risk estimates based on high-dose studies are unlikely to underestimate risks substantially for low-dose and low-dose-rate exposures.

journal_name

Radiat Res

journal_title

Radiation research

authors

Gribbin MA,Weeks JL,Howe GR

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-03-01 00:00:00

pages

375-80

issue

3

eissn

0033-7587

issn

1938-5404

journal_volume

133

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