Testable hypotheses for cancer risks near nuclear facilities

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Clarification of hypotheses can improve research design, measurements, data analysis, and interpretation of results. I will describe how hypotheses could be clarified during the design of an epidemiologic study of cancer risks near nuclear facilities in the United States. Based on what is known about age variation in radiation sensitivity and difficulties in evaluating other cancer risk factors and tracking people over long time periods, my conclusion is that knowledge about this topic can be most effectively advanced by studying childhood cancer incidence and in utero exposures.

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تاریخ انتشار 2010