TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,J.Christopher
ED  - Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
TI  - Mortality of veteran participants in the Crossroads nuclear test
SN  - 0585148953
AV  - RA648.3 .M67 1996eb
U1  - 616.9897 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy Press
KW  - Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Radioactive fallout
KW  - Radioactive Fallout
KW  - adverse effects
KW  - Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
KW  - mortality
KW  - Leukemia, Radiation-Induced
KW  - Nuclear Warfare
KW  - Veterans
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Infectious Diseases
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Diseases
KW  - Contagious
KW  - fast
KW  - Kernwaffentest
KW  - gnd
KW  - Strahlenschaden
KW  - Veteran
KW  - swd
KW  - Marshall Islands
KW  - Bikini
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Study rationale and overview -- Other studies of the human health effects of radiation exposure -- Epidemiology primer -- Description of Operations 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
N2  - 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
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