Cancer Mortality Among People Living in Areas With Various Levels of Natural Background Radiation

Cancer Mortality Among People Living in Areas With Various Levels of Natural Background Radiation

There are many places on the earth, where natural background radiation exposures are elevated significantly above about 2.5 mSv/year. The studies of health effects on populations living in such places are crucially important for understanding the impact of low doses of ionizing radiation. This artic...

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Main Authors: Ludwik Dobrzyński, Krzysztof W. Fornalski, Ludwig E. Feinendegen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-07-01
Series:Dose-Response
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325815592391
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spelling doaj-249d52e9bf8649449eefb4696dc2d3962020-11-25T02:58:08ZengSAGE PublishingDose-Response1559-32582015-07-011310.1177/155932581559239110.1177_1559325815592391Cancer Mortality Among People Living in Areas With Various Levels of Natural Background RadiationLudwik Dobrzyński0Krzysztof W. Fornalski1Ludwig E. Feinendegen2National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Otwock-Świerk, PolandPGE EJ 1 Sp. z o.o., Warszawa, PolandBECS Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USAThere are many places on the earth, where natural background radiation exposures are elevated significantly above about 2.5 mSv/year. The studies of health effects on populations living in such places are crucially important for understanding the impact of low doses of ionizing radiation. This article critically reviews some recent representative literature that addresses the likelihood of radiation-induced cancer and early childhood death in regions with high natural background radiation. The comparative and Bayesian analysis of the published data shows that the linear no-threshold hypothesis does not likely explain the results of these recent studies, whereas they favor the model of threshold or hormesis. Neither cancers nor early childhood deaths positively correlate with dose rates in regions with elevated natural background radiation.https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325815592391
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title_fullStr Cancer Mortality Among People Living in Areas With Various Levels of Natural Background Radiation
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publishDate 2015-07-01
description There are many places on the earth, where natural background radiation exposures are elevated significantly above about 2.5 mSv/year. The studies of health effects on populations living in such places are crucially important for understanding the impact of low doses of ionizing radiation. This article critically reviews some recent representative literature that addresses the likelihood of radiation-induced cancer and early childhood death in regions with high natural background radiation. The comparative and Bayesian analysis of the published data shows that the linear no-threshold hypothesis does not likely explain the results of these recent studies, whereas they favor the model of threshold or hormesis. Neither cancers nor early childhood deaths positively correlate with dose rates in regions with elevated natural background radiation.
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