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Comments on “Studies of the Mortality of Atomic Bomb Survivors, Report 14, 1950–2003: An Overview of Cancer and Noncancer Diseases” (Radiat Res 2012; 177:229–43)

Year: 2012

Type: letter

Abstract: This letter is regarding the recent article “Studies of the mortality of atomic bomb survivors, report 14, 1950–2003: an overview of cancer and noncancer diseases” (Radiat. Res., 177, 229–243, 2012) (1). In the article, the cancer mortality data of the atomic bomb survivors was fitted to an excess relative risk (ERR) model using linear and linear-quadratic dose-dependences for the ERR. Their conclusion after a formal dose threshold analysis was that there was no threshold for excess cancer risk.

Source: Radiation Research

DOI: 10.1667/rr3039.1

Authors: Mohan Doss, Brian L. Egleston, Samuel Litwin

Institution: Fox Chase Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Effects of Radiation Exposure

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute