title: Microdosimetric considerations of lung cancer risks from plutonium.
abstract: New data from the workers at the Mayak nuclear facility near Chelyabinsk, Russia, apparently show a linear increase in the risk of lung cancer with increasing dose. Furthermore, this increase occurs without a threshold. However, these conclusions are at variance with the results reported by other investigators. A possible cause of these inconsistencies could be the lack of application of microdosimetric considerations when discussing "dose" to the lung.
authors: *74 Whitehall Park, London, N19 3TN, United Kingdom.
authors: Jack A
authors: JA
authors: Simmons
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016477:Artifacts; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D011005:Plutonium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D011005:Plutonium