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Uranium Miner Health Risk Calculator

(last updated 16 Feb 2016)
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Calculate the health risk for a uranium miner with a known radiation exposure history, and, in case he has contracted cancer, the probability of causation for the specific type of cancer **).

The radiation exposure considered includes inhalation of radon, short-lived radon progeny, lead-210, uranium dust, and external gamma radiation exposure. The exposure data can be selected from a list of data sets provided, or own data can be entered.

Enter the parameters and click the "Calculate" button below. HELP
"t" means metric tonne.

Exposure Data Parameter:
Year	...0	...1	...2	...3	...4	...5	...6	...7	...8	...9
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195_
196_
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198_
199_
200_
Lung cancer lifetime risk factor: per WLM

Personal Exposure History
Note: all entries are calendar years (4 digits)

Year of birth:

Year of first exposure:

Year of last exposure:

Year at risk / Year of cancer developed:

HELP

Personal Exposure History Note: all entries are calendar years (4 digits)
Year of birth:
Year of first exposure:
Year of last exposure:
Year at risk / Year of cancer developed:

Results

Cumulative radon progeny dose: WLM

Lifetime lung cancer risk: % = 1 :

Model results for fatal cancer risk in Year at Risk

Model Excess relative risk Probability of causation **)

Lung cancer Jacobi'92 %

BEIR IV %

Oral cavity / throat cancer *) Jacobi'95 %

Bone cancer *) Jacobi'97 %

Leukemia *) Jacobi'95 %

Liver cancer *) Jacobi'97 %

Results
Cumulative radon progeny dose: WLM
Lifetime lung cancer risk: % = `1 :`
Model results for fatal cancer risk in Year at Risk
	Model	Excess relative risk	Probability of causation **)
Lung cancer	Jacobi'92		%
BEIR IV		%
Oral cavity / throat cancer *)	Jacobi'95		%
Bone cancer *)	Jacobi'97		%
Leukemia *)	Jacobi'95		%
Liver cancer *)	Jacobi'97		%

*) Note: to calculate cancers other than lung cancer, data must be entered in the exposure data table for all parameters for each year of exposure. For the exposure data sets provided, this is true only for the German Wismut data for the years 1946 - 1955!
**) Please note the Caveat on the calculation of the probability of causation

Health Risk Summary Chart

Risk contribution of exposure parameters in Year at Risk

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