title: Statistical procedures for assignments of upper bounds for radiation doses to an unbadged individual in a group for which some individuals are badged.
abstract: Consider a group of individuals exposed to radiation for an interval of time, such as units of military personnel during nuclear weapons tests three and four decades ago. Often, dosimetry information is known for several, but not all, individuals of that group. A nonparametric procedure is described that gives probability-based, upper-bound estimates of doses for an unbadged individual (within the group) for whom dose information is required; such information is useful in litigation. The method is illustrated by an application to a Navy unit.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011336:Probability; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States