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Propositions of medical follow-up protocols for people exposed during a long time at a high concentration of radon in the air in a house in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, built on uranium ore waste rocks and residues. Expert opinion coordinated by the National Institute of Cancer

Creators

  • 1. Institut du Cancer de Montpellier, Montpellier (France)
  • 2. ARS du Limousin (France)
  • 3. Hopital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris (France)
  • 4. Hopital du Cluzeau, Limoges (France)
  • 5. Commissaire ASN, Paris (France)
  • 6. Inserm, Villejuif (France)
  • 7. Hopital Louis Pradel, Lyon (France)
  • 8. Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, AP-HP, Paris (France)
  • 9. Hopital Robert Debre, AP-HP, Paris (France)
  • 10. Sante Publique, Paris (France)
  • 11. IRSN, Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)
  • 12. Pneumologue, Paris (France)
  • 13. CHU Toulouse (France)
  • 14. Hopital Tenon, AP-HP, Paris (France)
  • 15. INVS, Paris (France)
  • 16. Hopital d'instruction des armees Percy, Clamart (France)
  • 17. CHU Limoges (France)
  • 18. Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille (France)

Description

After a discussion of the assessment of annual exposures to radon for dwellers of a house in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, and of the assessment of the associated risks, this report formulates some proposals of modalities of medical follow-up regarding the risk of lung cancer: available examinations for lung cancer screening, modalities of medical follow-up for the risk of lung cancer proposed to exposed people (with respect to an assessment of this risk). It formulates proposals of modalities of follow-up regarding the risk of leukaemia

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Additional titles

Original title (French)
Propositions de protocoles de suivi medical pour les personnes exposees de maniere prolongee a une concentration elevee de radon dans l'air dans une maison de Bessines-sur-Gartempe, construite sur des steriles et residus de minerais d'uranium: Avis d'experts coordonne par l'Institut National du Cancer

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URL
http://www.iaea.org/inis/Contacts/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
8 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--14-0588

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
45087600
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEUKEMIA; LUNGS; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM ORES
Descriptors DEC
AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; BUILDINGS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DOSES; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; FLUIDS; GASES; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NONMETALS; ORES; ORGANS; POLLUTION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RARE GASES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; WESTERN EUROPE

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