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Radium dial workers: back to the future.

Nicole E MartinezDerek W JokischLawrence Thomas DauerKeith F EckermanRonald E GoansJohn D BrockmanSergei Y TolmachevMaia AvtandilashviliMichael T MummaJohn D BoiceRichard W Leggett
Published in: International journal of radiation biology (2021)
The study of radium dial workers is part of the Million Person Study of low-dose health effects that is designed to evaluate radiation risks among healthy American workers and veterans. Despite being one of the most important and influential radiation effects studies ever conducted, shifting programmatic responsibilities and declining funding led to the termination of the radium program of studies in the early 1990s. Renewed interest and opportunity have arisen. With scientific progress made in dosimetric methodology and models, the ability to perform a study over the entire life span, and the potential applicability to other scenarios such as medicine, environmental contamination and space exploration, the radium dial workers have once again come to the forefront.
Keyphrases
  • low dose
  • human health
  • radiation therapy
  • risk assessment
  • climate change
  • quality improvement
  • drinking water
  • case control
  • radiation induced
  • heavy metals
  • health risk
  • life cycle
  • monte carlo