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PAPERBACK list:$49.50 Web:$44.55 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services Other Related Titles Review of the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study Draft Final Report (2000) Commission on Life Sciences (CLS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 163   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page 163 Front Matter (R1-R10) Public Summary (1-16) Executive Summary (17-39) 1 Introduction (40-41) 2 Overview of the HTDS Draft Final Report and Organization of the Committee (42-48) 3 Evaluation of Epidemiologic and Clinical Methods (49-60) 4 Evaluation of Dosimetric Methods and Results (61-85) 5 Evaluation of Statistical Data Analysis (86-98) 6 Statistical Power and Interpretation of the Study (99-110) 7 Comparison with Other Studies (111-113) 8 Communication of Study Results (114-136) 9 Summary of Responses to CDC (137-155) References (156-162) Appendix A: Subcommittee Activities (163-163) Appendix B: Responses to Selected Comments by the Public (168-175) Appendix C: Estimated Thyroid Doses From (176-197) Appendix D: Equation Relating to the Effect of Error is Assessing Childhood Milk Consumption (198-199) Glossary (200-200) Information on Committee Members (212-218)

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AppendFi~c A Subcommittee Activities To undertake this study, the National Research Council established a subcommittee of its standing Committee on An Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies to review the conduct and report of the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study (HTDS). The Subcommittee to Review the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study Final Results and Report included members on its final roster. In its request to the National Research Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked that the National Research Council's work be conducted in public to the fieriest extent possible. Consistent with the policies of the National Academy of Sciences, the subcommittee conducted its fact-finding activities in public meetings and met in closed session only to consider findings and recommendations. At its first meeting, the subcommittee examined its composition to make certain that necessary expertise and perspectives were represented and that no important conflicts of interest or bias existed. The expertise sought in this group included thyroid disease, epidemiology, biostatistics, risk assessment, dose reconstruction, risk communication, radiation oncology, clinical practice, and public health. After a brief discussion, it was decided that two subcommittee members shouic! not serve on the subcommittee. Lynn Anspaugh and William Schull volunteered to step down because of possible or 163

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