Published June 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Limit of probability of causation in the compensation of radiation induced malignant diseases

Creators

  • 1. Ministry of Nuclear Industry, Taiyuan, SX (China). Inst. of Radiation Protection

Description

Etiological relationship between previous radiation exposure and malignant diseases concerned could be estimated from NIH Epidemiological Tables expressed as Probability of Causation (PC). But the limit of PC in the compensation of radiation induced malignant diseases has not been decided definitely. In this paper PC calculations were made for populations of occupational exposure with typical distribution of individual doses and levels of exposure. The results show that it is feasible to choice PC ≥ 50% as a limit of compensation for leukemia and radon induced lung cancer. Some lenient limits may be taken for other radiation related solid carcinomas

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
3
Series
Chin. J. Radiol. Med. Prot.
Journal Page Range
150-155
ISSN
0254-5098
CODEN
ZFYZD