Implications of claimant-favorable approaches used in dose and probability of causation calculations under EEOICPA

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-159

  Merwin, Steven E ^a   Stewart, Donald N ^a   Smith, Matthew H ^a   Potter, Kenneth D ^a   Hinnefeld, Stuart L ^b  

^a Dade Moeller and Associates   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dose reconstruction; Dosimetry, external; Dosimetry, internal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ALGORITHM; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLLUTANT; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 47149106848     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000305824.21020.10     Document Type: Article

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