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Microdosimetric considerations of lung cancer risks from plutonium.

Abstract
New data from the workers at the Mayak nuclear facility near Chelyabinsk, Russia, apparently show a linear increase in the risk of lung cancer with increasing dose. Furthermore, this increase occurs without a threshold. However, these conclusions are at variance with the results reported by other investigators. A possible cause of these inconsistencies could be the lack of application of microdosimetric considerations when discussing "dose" to the lung.
AuthorsJack A Simmons
JournalHealth physics (Health Phys) Vol. 108 Issue 3 Pg. 377-9 (Mar 2015) ISSN: 1538-5159 [Electronic] United States
PMID25627951 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Plutonium
Topics
  • Animals
  • Artifacts
  • Environmental Pollutants (adverse effects)
  • Lung Neoplasms (etiology)
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced (etiology)
  • Plutonium (adverse effects)
  • Radiometry (methods)
  • Rats
  • Risk Assessment (methods)

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