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2 Other Studies of Radiation Exposure of Military Personnel
Pages 8-12

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... Among the studies of nonmilitary cohorts, the study of the survivor experience following the atomic bomb exposures in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the Life Span Study (LSS:is of great importance despite the unique circumstances surrounding these exposures; most radiation protection recommendations are based primarily on LSS risk estimates (Ron et al., 1994~. The interested reader is referred to an extensive literature on cancer incidence rates and cancer mortality rates (fairly recent examples include Land, 1995; Mabuchi et al., 1994; Nagataki et al., 1994; Pierce et al., 1996; Preston et al., 1994; Ron et al., 1994; Thompson et al., 1994~; Schull (1995)
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... MILITARY POPULATIONS Several epidemiologic studies of military personnel possibly exposed to radiation during atmospheric nuclear weapons testing have contributed to the scientific debate regarding the adverse effects of radiation exposure on human health. These studies have reported modest elevations in risk for all-cause, allcancer, and leukemia mortality in participants relative to comparison groups, but these elevations have not consistently reached statistical significance.
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... in nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United Kingdom in Australia and the Pacific during the 1950s and 1960s. The study included data on deaths occurring through 1990, extending the follow-up period reported in their earlier study an additional 7 years (Derby et al., 1988a,b)
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