The five series study mortality of military participants in U.S. nuclear weapons tests : medical follow-up agency, Institute of Medicine
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
2000.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820327106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""The Five Series Study""; ""Copyright""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Glossary""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""METHODS""; ""FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION""; ""1 Study Rationale and Overview ""; ""RATIONALE""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""2 Other Studies of Radiation Exposure of Military Personnel ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MILITARY POPULATIONS""; ""3 An Overview of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program ""; ""GREENHOUSE""; ""UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE""; ""CASTLE""; ""REDWING""; ""PLUMB BOB""; ""ESTIMATES OF EXTERNAL DOSES""; ""4 Data Sources ""
- ""COHORT IDENTIFICATION""""Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""National Archives and Military Collections""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF COHORT MEMBERS, INCLUDING DATE OF BIRTH AND VITAL STATUS""; ""Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem""; ""VA Master Index""; ""Military Personnel Folder""; ""CAUSE OF DEATH""; ""Veteran's Claim Folder""; ""National Death Index""; ""POPULATION MORTALITY RATES FOR COMPARISON""; ""5 The Participant Cohort ""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF PARTICIPANT ROSTERS USED IN THE 1985 PUBLICATION AND THIS REPORT""
- ""PARTICIPATION IN SERIES OTHER THAN THE SELECTION SERIES""""6 The Referent Cohort ""; ""7 Exposure Definition and Measurement ""; ""DNA-PROVIDED DOSE ESTIMATES""; ""Individual Doses""; ""Alternative Uses of Dose Data""; ""POTENTIAL SURROGATE MEASURES OF DOSE""; ""DECISIONS FOR THE ANALYSES IN THIS REPORT""; ""FUTURE OPTIONS FOR USE OF DOSIMETRY""; ""8 Mortality Ascertainment ""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH ASCERTAINMENT""; ""FACT-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""DATE OF DEATH""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH ACQUISITION""; ""CAUSE-OF-DEATH VALIDATION""; ""9 Analysis Structure ""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""AVAILABLE DATA""
- ""ANALYSIS""""Variables""; ""Type of Analysis""; ""Diagnosis Groups""; ""10 Description of Cohort Characteristics ""; ""11 Findings ""; ""TESTS OF PREDETERMINED PRINCIPAL ENDPOINTS""; ""DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES OF PREDETERMINED ADDITIONAL MORTALITY ENDPOINTS""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY LAND AND SEA SERIES PARTICIPATION""; ""INVESTIGATING LEUKEMIA RISK BY TIME SINCE FIRST PARTICIPATION AND AGE AT FIRST PARTICIPATION""; ""12 Discussion ""; ""LIMITATIONS""; ""Fact-of-Death and Cause-of-Death Ascertainment""; ""Statistical Power""; ""Other Possible Confounding Factors""
- ""Military Service Characteristics""""Other Lifetime Radiation Exposure""; ""Contributing and Associated Causes of Death""; ""Inadequate Dosimetry""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Leukemia""; ""Thyroid Cancer""; ""Lung Cancer""; ""Nasal Cancer""; ""Prostate Cancer""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A A Review of the Dosimetry Data Available in the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program""; ""APPENDIX B National Association of Atomic Veterans Medical Survey ""; ""APPENDIX C Epidemiology Primer ""; ""CHOICE OF COMPARISON GROUP""; ""FINE TUNING OF EXPOSED GROUP""; ""CONFOUNDERS""
- ""DATA COLLECTION""
