A review of the draft report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to revise the 1985 radioepidemiological tables [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE contractor sites: Subcommittee to Review Radioepicemiological Tables; Board on Radiation Effects Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455977703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 2000
• ISBN: 1-280-18527-9; 9786610185276; 0-309-56489-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (63 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.9897
• Soggetti: Radiation - Physiological effect; Radiation - Health aspects; Ionizing radiation - Dose-response relationship; Radiation carcinogenesis; Cancer - Epidemiology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This report was prepared under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contract 200-95-0965 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-48).
• Nota di contenuto: A Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables; Copyright; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SUMMARY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S REPORT; 3. CRITIQUE; UTILITY OF THE DATA SOURCES; DATA SOURCES FOR ESTIMATES OF UNCERTAINTIES; ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING RADIOLOGIC EFFECTS; MODELING AND CHOICE OF PARAMETERS; 4. TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND PROTRACTED (CHRONIC) EXPOSURES; 5. ASSESSMENT OF TIME-SINCE-EXPOSURE AS A MODIFIER OF RISK; 6. ; APPLICABILITY OF ASSIGNED SHARE CALCULATIONS TO MINORITY GROUPS; 7. ESTIMATION OF ASSIGNED SHARE FOR NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER8. TREATMENT OF UNCERTAINTY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RESIDUAL UNCERTAINTIES AND USE OF A SCALE FACTOR; 9. HOW SHOULD THE RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL TABLES BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC?; A) EVALUATION OF THE INTERACTIVE RADIO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROGRAM:; Accessibility:; Transparency:; Flexibility:; B) OTHER ETHICAL AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES:; 10. FUTURE REVISIONS AND BROADER ISSUES; FUTURE REVISIONS:; BROADER ISSUES:; Usefulness of Probability of Causation:; Role of Uncertainty in Compensation:; 11. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; UTILITY OF DATA SOURCESConclusion; Recommendations; ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING RADIOLOGIC EFFECTS; Conclusion; Recommendations; EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND BIOSTATISTICAL MODELS; Conclusions; Recommendations; HANDLING OF UNCERTAINTY; Conclusions; Recommendations; Suggestions; MAKING THE RADIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL TABLES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; Conclusions; Recommendations; Suggestions; 12. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE COMPENSATION POLICY; APPENDIX A Specific Comments on the Working Group's Draft Report ; APPENDIX B Specific Comments on the Interactive Radio-Epidemiological Program ; Installation; ANALYTICA ConstraintsIREP Choices in Implementation; Input Data; APPENDIX C Supplement to Text ; MLN - SOFTWARE FOR N-LEVEL ANALYSIS.; REFERENCES; Information on Committee Members