Lifetime Risk of Cancer Death
(deaths/10°/rad)
Single exposure to
10 rad
Continous Exposure
to 1 rad/yr
Model
Absolute
Relative
Absolute
Relative
L-Q, EQ
TF
226
67
182
L-L, C-0
167
501
158
Q-L, OE
10
28
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430
a--
2.
Birth Defects--pages 166-169
(mean parental age = 30 years)
Names
@
+
1 rem per generation (1 rem parental exposure) per 10° live offspring
7
5 to 75 birth defects, this is 0.0005--0.0075%--First
-
generation.
e
Since the spontaneous rate is given as 10.7%, in the U.S. population,
1 rem will increase the rate from 10.7% to 10.7005--10.7075%.
®
In terms of the spontaneous rate | rem per generation gives oe
0.000047 = 0.0047% increase and on = 0.0007 = 0.07% increase.
IV.
CALCULATIONS OF RISK
Table 1 gives the radiation dose values provided by Dr. Robison for use
in developing estimates of increased health risks in the Bikini population.
Gh asgea SKS FOR 14 DIFFERENT LIVING CONDITIONS
1.
Cancer Risks
“
_
Table 3 shows the calculations for estimates of increased cancer risk
for 14 diferent living conditions.