ML20129J349
| ML20129J349 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/06/1978 |
| From: | Whitfield S NRC OFFICE OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT |
| To: | Mancuso T PITTSBURGH, UNIV. OF, PITTSBURGH, PA |
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| FOIA-85-309 NUDOCS 8507220506 | |
| Download: ML20129J349 (1) | |
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< MAR 6 1978 Dr. Thomas Mancuso University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health 130 DeSoto Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261 -
Dear Dr. Mancuso:
As a radiobiologist with the Nuclear Regulatory Comission, Office of Standards Development, I am greatly interested in your work regarding radiation exposures of ilanford employees dying from cancer.
I am, however, having some difficulty in interpreting Table 16 of your recent Health Physics paper, and wocid greatly appreciate it if you could provide some clarification in this regard. Specifically, I can't datarmine what method you employed to calculate relative risk estimates
' (utilizing the U.S. Vital statistics for deaths of white males,1960) from which I presume the doubling deses were derived. I am particularly interested in any application of an assumed risk plateau to calculate total cancer deaths from a cancer death rate. Feel free to call me collect on 301 443-5900 if it would be more convenient. Thank you.
Sincerely, Stephen Whitfield Environmental Standards Branch Office of Standards Development DISTRIBUTION:
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