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... Research performed under the MOU has directly benefited DOE by providing important information to the Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource, by contributing to the understanding of the risks of protracted low-dose radiation exposure for human health, and by providing advice to several of the worker surveillance activities, including the beryllium sensitization screening program. These activities have provided important scien 1
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... The NCEH dose reconstruction methods that have been developed, applied, and refined in the NCEH studies have been accepted widely and are being used in epidemiological studies worldwide. NCEH has made dose reconstruction project findings available on-line via the Radiation Studies Branch web site.1 In some cases, there are links to the studies from the individual DOE facility's web site, which the committee considers appropriate, since a person seeking information about historical releases from a DOE facility and their potential health effects on the surrounding communities would not necessarily know which organizations would be responsible.
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... Continuing and improved dissemination and communication efforts about health risk evaluations are considered by the committee as essential as long as cleanup and remediation activities continue at DOE sites. The committee concludes that DOE and HHS should sign and implement a new MOU enabling continued work on the Worker and Public Health Activities Research Program.
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  • activities research
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