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Program for Estimating the Probability of Causation to Korean Radiation Workers with Cancer  

Jeong, Mee-Seon (Radiation Health Research Institute, KHNP)
Jin, Young-Woo (Radiation Health Research Institute, KHNP)
Kim, Chong-Soon (Radiation Health Research Institute, KHNP)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.29, no.4, 2004 , pp. 221-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
The probability of causation(PC) is the measure to ascertain the likelihood that a particular cancer may be attributed to a particular prior exposure to radiation. Since the PC is involved in several uncertainties, it is desirable to use the confidence limit for the PC, not a point estimate for determining whether to award compensation. We developed the program for estimating the PC to Korean radiation workers with cancer, the so-called RHRI-PEPC, which is based on the most reasonable model for radiation cancer risk and recent Korean baseline data. RHRI-PEPC gives us the upper confidence limit for the PC after adjusting several uncertainties and therefore we can assess more reasonably the causality of radiation exposure for cancer occurred in Korean radiation workers.
Keywords
Probability of Causation; Uncertainty; Point Estimate; Upper Confidence Limit; Baseline Cancer Incidence Rate;
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