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The risk of leukemia from low doses of low-LET radiation

✍ Scribed by M. Zaider

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
545 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-7177

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✦ Synopsis

this communication, we examine the evidence (if any) for a nonlinear dose response in relation to leukemia mortality in the Japanese A-bomb population. Specifically, we seek an estimate of the probability that, at low doses of radiation, the relative risk (RR) is smaller than one. Using Bayesian bootstrap techniques, we find that there is a 90% probability that-for at least One dose group at or below 200 mSv-there is a reduction of effect relative to the control group. We take this as evidence for radiation hormesis (end point: leukemia mortality) at low doses of radiation.

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