Five Series Study: Mortality of Military Participants in U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests (The compass series).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: William F. Page
Otros Autores: Susan Thaul, Harriet Crawfor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: National Academies Press.
Temas:
Nuclear weapons testing victims > Health aspects.
Soldiers > Mortality.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Health aspects.
Radiation carcinogenesis.
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
Tumeurs dues aux radiations.
Nuclear weapons > Testing > Health aspects
Radiation carcinogenesis
Soldiers > Mortality
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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
  • PLUMBBOB
  • ESTIMATES OF EXTERNAL DOSES
  • 4 Data Sources
  • COHORT IDENTIFICATIONNuclear 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 SERIES6 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
  • ANALYSISVariables
  • 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 CharacteristicsOther 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

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