Mortality of Veteran Participants in the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test

Institute of Medicine, Committee on the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test (Autoren)

Harriet Crawford, William F. Page, Susan Thaul (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

1996
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-05596-3 (ISBN)

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Contains the results of an epidemiological study of the mortality of participants compared with a similar group of nonparticipants. The topics in this book include: a breakdown of the study rationale; an overview of other studies of veteran participants in nuclear tests; and descriptions of Operation CROSSROADS; and more.

In 1946, approximately 40,000 U.S. military personnel participated in Operation CROSSROADS, an atmospheric nuclear test that took place at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Congress passed a law directing the Veterans Administration to determine whether there were any long-term adverse health effects associated with exposure to ionizing radiation from the detonation of nuclear devices. This book contains the results of an extensive epidemiological study of the mortality of participants compared with a similar group of nonparticipants. Topics of discussion include a breakdown of the study rationale; an overview of other studies of veteran participants in nuclear tests; and descriptions of Operation CROSSROADS, data sources for the study, participant and comparison cohorts, exposure details, mortality ascertainment, and findings and conclusions.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Summary
Study Rationale and Overview
Other Studies of the Human Health Effects of Radiation Exposure
Epidemiology Primer
Description of Operation Crossroads
Data Sources for the Crossroads Study
The Participant Cohort
The Comparison Cohort
Exposure Definition, Measurement, and Verification
Mortality Ascertainment
Characterization of the Cohorts and Analysis Plan
Findings and Discussion
Conclusions
References
Appendix A: National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV) Medical Survey
Appendix B: Particpant Description (DNA memorandum dated July 11, 1994)
Appendix C: Standardized Mortality Ratios
Appendix D: Radiation Doses for CROSSROADS Participants and Exposure Surrogate Groups
Appendix E: Verification of Completeness and Accuracy of the participant Roster
Appendix F: Verification of Completeness and Accuracy of Mortality Ascertainment

J. Christopher Johnson, Susan Thaul, William F. Page, and Harriet Crawford, Editors; Committee on the CROSSROADS Nuclear Test, Institute of Medicine

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Study Rationale and Overview; 4 Other Studies of the Human Health Effects of Radiation Exposure; 5 Epidemiology Primer; 6 Description of Operation Crossroads; 7 Data Sources for the Crossroads Study; 8 The Participant Cohort; 9 The Comparison Cohort; 10 Exposure Definition, Measurement, and Verification; 11 Mortality Ascertainment; 12 Characterization of the Cohorts and Analysis Plan; 13 Findings and Discussion; 14 Conclusions; 15 References; 16 Appendix A: National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV) Medical Survey; 17 Appendix B: Particpant Description (DNA memorandum dated July 11, 1994); 18 Appendix C: Standardized Mortality Ratios; 19 Appendix D: Radiation Doses for CROSSROADS Participants and Exposure Surrogate Groups; 20 Appendix E: Verification of Completeness and Accuracy of the participant Roster; 21 Appendix F: Verification of Completeness and Accuracy of Mortality Ascertainment

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.12.1996
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-309-05596-2 / 0309055962
ISBN-13	978-0-309-05596-3 / 9780309055963
Zustand	Neuware