Radiation risk estimation in human populations: lessons from the radiological accident in Brazil.
Mutat Res
; 373(2): 207-14, 1997 Feb 03.
Article
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| ID: mdl-9042402
The development of radiological and nuclear technologies and the deployment of nuclear weapons have made ionizing radiation one of the most studied human mutagens. Exposure to ionizing radiation produces DNA damage which can result in mutation and cancer, making the risk associated with human exposure a critical issue. In this paper we estimate the risk associated with radiation exposure for individuals exposed to 137Cs during the 1987 Goiânia radiological accident. Using combined regression slopes from both the in vivo hprt mutant frequency and micronucleus frequency data we estimated a doubling dose of 173 (+/-47) cGy for these two endpoints. This is in close agreement with the published estimates for low dose rate and chronic exposure to low-LET radiation. We obtained risk estimates of about 24-fold increase in dominant disorders in the post-exposure generation of the directly exposed population. No detectable increase was found in the population at large. The risk of carcinogenesis in the directly exposed population was found to be increased by a factor in the range of 1.4 to 1.5. The small sample size in this study requires a large element of caution with respect to risk estimates interpretation. Moreover, the doubling dose estimates prepared here are derived from lymphocytes. This somatic data may require additional considerations for both cancer and certainly germ-line events. Nevertheless, the risk of carcinogenesis and genetic harm for this population are good indicators of the potential genetic damage imposed by ionizing radiation to the Goiânia population.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Medição de Risco
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Liberação Nociva de Radioativos
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Contaminação Radioativa do Ar
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Mutação
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Neoplasias Induzidas por Radiação
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mutat Res
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá
País de publicação:
Holanda