Cancer incidence in areas with elevated levels of natural radiation

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-27

  Mortazavi, S Mohammad J ^a,b,h   Ghiassi Nejad, M ^a,c   Karam, P A ^d   Ikushima, Takaji ^e   Niroomand Rad, Azam ^f   Cameron, John Roderick ^g,i  

^a National Radiation Protection Department Iran   (Iran)

^b RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; High background radiation areas; Natural radiation; Ramsar

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ENZYME;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CELL DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 33745770027     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2006.007892     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Bonassi, S., Hagmar, L., Stromberg, U., Montagud, A.H., Tinnerberg, H., Forni, A., Heikkila, P., Wanders, S., Wilhardt, P., Hansteen, I.L., Knudsen, L.E. and Norppa, H. (2000) 'Chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes predict human cancer independently of exposure to carcinogens', European Study Group on Cytogenetic Biomarkers and Health, Cancer Research, Vol. 60, No. 6, pp.1619-1625.
2. Ikushima, T., and Mortazavi, S.M.J. (2000) 'Radioadaptive response: its variability in cultured human lymphocytes', Proceedings of the International Meeting on Biological Effects of Low Dose Radiation, Cork, Ireland, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp.81-86.
3. Ikushima, T., Aritomi, H. and Morisita, J. (1996) 'Radioadaptive response: efficient repair of radiation-induced DNA damage in adapted cells', Mutat Res., Nov 4, Vol. 358, No. 2, pp.193-198.
4. Jung, T. and Burkart, W. (1997) 'Assessment of risks from combined exposure to radiation and other agents at environmental levels', In Wei, L., Sugahara, T. and Tao, Z. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on High Levels of Natural Radiation, Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp.167-178.
5. Kondo, S. (1993) Health Effects of Low Level Radiation, Kinki University Press, Osaka.
6. Mortazavi, S.M.J., Ghiassi Nejad, M. and Beitollahi, M. (2001) 'Very high background radiation areas (VHBRAs) of Ramsar: do we need any regulations to protect the inhabitants?', Proceedings of the 34th Midyear Meeting Radiation Safety and ALARA Considerations for the 21st Century, California, USA, pp.177-182.
7. Nair, M.K., Nambi, K.S., Amma, N.S., Gangadharan, P., Jayalekshmi, P., Jayadevan, S., Cherian, V. and Reghuram, K.N. (1999) 'Population study in the high natural background radiation area in Kerala', Radiat Res., India, Vol. 152, No. 6, pp.$145-$148.
8. NRPB (2000) 'Health risks for radon', Environmental Radon Newsletter, No. 25.
9. Pohl-Ruling, J., Haas, O., Brogger, A., Obe, G., Lettner, H., Daschil, F., Atzmuller, C., Lloyd, D., Kubiak, R. and Natarajan, AT. (1991) 'The effect on lymphocyte chromosomes of additional radiation burden due to fallout in Salzburg (Austria) from the Chernobyl accident', Mutat Res., Vol. 262, No. 3, pp.209-217.
10. Sohrabi, M. (1990) 'Natural radioactivity of the soil samples', Proceedings of an International Conference on High Levels of Natural Radiation, Ramsar, Iran.
11. Sohrabi, M., Bolourchi, M., Beitollahi, M. and Amidi, J. (1997) 'Natural radioactivity of the soil samples', In Wei, L., Sugahara, T. and Tao, Z. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on High Levels of Natural Radiation, Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp.129-132.
12. Sugahara, T. (1997) 'The radiation paradigm regarding health risk from exposure to low dose radiation', In Wei, L., Sugahara, T. and Tao, Z. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on High Levels of Natural Radiation, Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp.167-178.
13. Tao, Z., Zha, Y., Akiba, S., Sun, Q., Zou, J., Li, J., Liu, Y., Kato, H., Sugahara, T. and Wei, L. (2000) 'Cancer mortality in the high background radiation areas of Yangjiang, China during the period between 1979 and 1995', Journal of Radiation Research, Tokyo, Vol. 41, pp.31-41.
14. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of atomic Radiation (1993) Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation.
15. UNSCEAR (1994) 'Sources and effects of ionizing radiation', United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, New York.