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Appendix D: Glossary
Pages 125-132

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... Ataxia telangiectasia: An inherited disorder associated with an increased risk of cancer, especially lymphoma, and characterized by immunologic, chromosomal, and DNA defects. Background radiation: The amount of ionizing radiation to which a person is exposed from natural sources, such as terrestrial radiation due to naturally occurring radionuclides in the soil, cosmic radiation originating in outer space, and naturally occurring radionuclides deposited in the body.
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From page 126...
... by ionizing radiation that can be measured before any health consequences from exposure are evident, and that can be used to quantify radiation dose. Biologic marker of susceptibility: A biologic change that demonstrates a differential susceptibility of specific individuals to genotoxicity from ionizing radiation.
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From page 127...
... : The use of DNA libraries derived specifically from particular chromosomes and conjugated with fluorescent molecules to generate reagents that cause distinctive fluorescence on individual chromosomes. Chromosomal aberrations involving the transfer of DNA from one chromosome to another (such as reciprocal translocations)
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From page 128...
... In an epidemiologic study of EMF exposure based on job, for example, including some electricians in the "exposed" group might result in misclassification error if those electricians routinely work on dead circuits. Mortality: Death; the number of deaths in a given time or place; the death rate.
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... Retrospective cohort study: An epidemiologic study that follows a cohort from some time in the past to a more recent time in the past. Existing records, such as occupational records or community residence records, are generally used to identify groups for study.
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... Scoping study: Use of basic information about a site to provide bounding estimate for initial decisions on conducting an epidemiologic investigation. Security information: Information protected from public disclosure for reasons of national security, such as information about the design of nuclear weapons.
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... Most commonly, uncertainty analysis involves the probabilistic propagation of uncertainty in the parameters and in the functional terms of a model to provide a probabilistic statement for the model result from which a confidence interval can be obtained for decision-making. This confidence interval is most properly referred to as a "subjective confidence interval" or "credibility interval" given that judgment must be used to quantify the present state of knowledge about components of the model using incomplete or partially relevant data sets.
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Key Terms

  • ionizing radiation
  • relative risk
  • epidemiologic study
  • dose rate
  • absorbed dose

  • confidence interval
  • white blood
  • specific period
  • integrated dose
  • observed association

  • person leaves
  • information protected
  • epidemiologic investigation
  • dose equivalence
  • blood cells

  • equivalence equal
  • mathematical model
  • overall uncertainty
  • specific disease
  • direct measurement

  • derived unit
  • uncertainty analysis
  • natural materials
  • public disclosure
  • occurring radionuclides

  • quality factor
  • traditional derived
  • dna defects
  • existing records
  • fluorescent molecules


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