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BEIR-I
1.
Cancer (Tables 3-3 and 3-4)
Derived
Cancer deaths/106 person rem
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Cancer deaths/year in U.S.
from 0.1 rem/year
(pop=
197,863,000)
Absolute
Relative
Absolute
Relative
516
738
26
37
30 year
elevated risk
1210
2436
61
123
lifetime
elevated risk
1485
8340
75
421
Leukemia
Other Cancers
Range
1726-2001
3174-9078
87-101
160-458
From the above the minimium estimate of cancer risk would be given by a
risk coefficient of 87/106 person rem and the maximum by 458/106 person
rem.
Thus, these two risk coefficients were used to define a range of
es-timated cancer deaths.
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2.
Gf5netic Effects (from Page 1 & 2 BEIR-1)
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Basecl on specific
,—- defects
.,
reproduc~l%e
generation would cause in the
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first generation 100-1800 cases of dominant diseases and
defects per year (3.6 million births/year) or 5 times this
amount at equilibrium.
of 0.05% incidence
equilibrium.
The 1800 cases represent an increase
per year first generation and 0.25% at