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Mortality among U.S. military participants at eight aboveground nuclear weapons test series by Boice, John D., Cohen, Sarah S., Mumma, Michael T., Chen, Heidi, Golden, Ashley P., Beck, Harold L., Till, John E.

“…Approximately 235,000 military personnel participated at one of 230 U.S. atmospheric nuclear weapons tests from 1945 through 1962. At the Nevada Test Site…”
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Accounting for Unfissioned Plutonium from the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test by Beck, Harold L., Simon, Steven L., Bouville, André, Romanyukha, Anna

“…ABSTRACTThe Trinity test device contained about 6 kg of plutonium as its fission source, resulting in a fission yield of 21 kT. However, only about 15% of the…”
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Estimated Radiation Doses Received by New Mexico Residents from the 1945 Trinity Nuclear Test by Simon, Steven L., Bouville, André, Beck, Harold L., Melo, Dunstana R.

“…ABSTRACTThe National Cancer Institute study of projected health risks to New Mexico residents from the 1945 Trinity nuclear test provides best estimates of…”
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A Methodology for Calculation of Internal Dose Following Exposure to Radioactive Fallout from the Detonation of a Nuclear Fission Device by Anspaugh, Lynn R., Bouville, André, Thiessen, Kathleen M., Hoffman, F. Owen, Beck, Harold L., Gordeev, Konstantin I., Simon, Steven L.

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodology for the calculation of internal doses of radiation following exposure to radioactive fallout from the…”
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Dose Estimation for Exposure to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Detonations by Simon, Steven L., Bouville, André, Beck, Harold L., Anspaugh, Lynn R., Thiessen, Kathleen M., Hoffman, F. Owen, Shinkarev, Sergey

“…In recent years, the prospects that a nuclear device might be detonated due to a regional or global political conflict, by violation of present nuclear weapons…”
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A Method for Estimating the Deposition Density of Fallout on the Ground and on Vegetation from a Low-yield, Low-altitude Nuclear Detonation by Beck, Harold L., Bouville, André, Simon, Steven L., Anspaugh, Lynn R., Thiessen, Kathleen M., Shinkarev, Sergey, Gordeev, Konstantin

“…This paper describes a relatively simple model developed from observations of local fallout from US and USSR nuclear tests that allows reasonable estimates to…”
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A Methodology for Estimating External Doses to Individuals and Populations Exposed to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Detonations by Bouville, André, Beck, Harold L., Anspaugh, Lynn R., Gordeev, Konstantin, Shinkarev, Sergey, Thiessen, Kathleen M., Hoffman, F. Owen, Simon, Steven L.

“…A methodology of assessment of the doses from external irradiation resulting from the ground deposition of radioactive debris (fallout) from a nuclear…”
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Simon Response to Shonka by Simon, Steven L., Bouville, André, Beck, Harold L.

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Asbestos exposure and mesothelioma mortality among atomic veterans by Till, John E., Beck, Harold L., Boice, John D., Mohler, H. Justin, Mumma, Michael T., Aanenson, Jill W., Grogan, Helen A.

“…The United States (U.S.) conducted 230 above-ground atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1962 involving over 250,000 military personnel. This is…”
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Parameter Values for Estimation of Internal Doses from Ingestion of Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Detonations by Thiessen, Kathleen M., Hoffman, F. Owen, Bouville, André, Anspaugh, Lynn R., Beck, Harold L., Simon, Steven L.

“…This paper suggests values or probability distributions for a variety of parameters used in estimating internal doses from radioactive fallout due to ingestion…”
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The Methodology Used to Assess Doses from the First Nuclear Weapons Test (Trinity) to the Populations of New Mexico by Bouville, André, Beck, Harold L., Thiessen, Kathleen M., Hoffman, F. Owen, Potischman, Nancy, Simon, Steven L.

“…ABSTRACTTrinity was the first test of a nuclear fission device. The test took place in south-central New Mexico at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range at…”
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A review of dosimetry used in epidemiological studies considered to evaluate the linear no-threshold (LNT) dose-response model for radiation protection by Till, John E., Beck, Harold L., Grogan, Helen A., Caffrey, Emily A.

“…Background: Accurate dosimetry is key to deriving the dose response from radiation exposure in an epidemiological study. It becomes increasingly important to…”
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Dosimetry and uncertainty approaches for the million person study of low-dose radiation health effects: overview of the recommendations in NCRP Report No. 178 by Dauer, Lawrence T., Bouville, André, Toohey, Richard E., Boice, John D., Beck, Harold L., Eckerman, Keith F., Hagemeyer, Derek, Leggett, Richard W., Mumma, Michael T., Napier, Bruce, Pryor, Kathy H., Rosenstein, Marvin, Schauer, David A., Sherbini, Sami, Stram, Daniel O., Thompson, James L., Till, John E., Yoder, R. Craig, Zeitlin, Cary

“…Scientific Committee 6-9 was established by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), charged to provide guidance in the derivation…”
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Dosimetry associated with veterans who participated in nuclear weapons testing by Till, John E., Beck, Harold L., Aanenson, Jill W., Grogan, Helen A., Mohler, H. Justin, Mohler, S. Shawn, Voillequé, Paul G.

“…This article summarizes the methodology, results, and challenges of the reconstruction of red bone marrow and male breast doses for a 1982-person sub-cohort of…”
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Recent Epidemiologic Studies and the Linear No-Threshold Model For Radiation Protection—Considerations Regarding NCRP Commentary 27 by Shore, Roy E, Beck, Harold L, Boice, John D, Caffrey, Emily A, Davis, Scott, Grogan, Helen A, Mettler, Fred A, Preston, R Julian, Till, John E, Wakeford, Richard, Walsh, Linda, Dauer, Lawrence T

“…ABSTRACTNational Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Commentary 27 examines recent epidemiologic data primarily from low-dose or low dose-rate…”
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Accounting for Shared and Unshared Dosimetric Uncertainties in the Dose Response for Ultrasound-Detected Thyroid Nodules after Exposure to Radioactive Fallout by Land, Charles E., Kwon, Deukwoo, Hoffman, F. Owen, Moroz, Brian, Drozdovitch, Vladimir, Bouville, André, Beck, Harold, Luckyanov, Nicholas, Weinstock, Robert M., Simon, Steven L.

“…Dosimetic uncertainties, particularly those that are shared among subgroups of a study population, can bias, distort or reduce the slope or significance of a…”
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Shared dosimetry error in epidemiological dose-response analyses by Stram, Daniel O, Preston, Dale L, Sokolnikov, Mikhail, Napier, Bruce, Kopecky, Kenneth J, Boice, John, Beck, Harold, Till, John, Bouville, Andre

“…Radiation dose reconstruction systems for large-scale epidemiological studies are sophisticated both in providing estimates of dose and in representing…”
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Estimation of Radiation Doses to U.S. Military Test Participants from Nuclear Testing: A Comparison of Historical Film-Badge Measurements, Dose Reconstruction and Retrospective Biodosimetry by Simon, Steven L., Bailey, Susan M., Beck, Harold L., Boice, John D., Bouville, André, Brill, Aaron B., Cornforth, Michael N., Inskip, Peter D., McKenna, Miles J., Mumma, Michael T., Salazar, Silvia I., Ukwuani, Abigail

“…Retrospective radiation dose estimations, whether based on physical or biological measurements, or on theoretical dose reconstruction, are limited in their…”
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Red Bone Marrow and Male Breast Doses for a Cohort of Atomic Veterans by Beck, Harold L., Till, John E., Grogan, Helen A., Aanenson, Jill W., Mohler, H. Justin, Mohler, S. Shawn, Voillequé, Paul G.

“…Both red bone marrow and male breast doses with associated uncertainty have been reconstructed for a 1,982-person subset of a cohort of 114, 270 military…”
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Dose Reconstruction for the Million Worker Study: Status and Guidelines by Bouville, André, Toohey, Richard E, Boice, John D, Beck, Harold L, Dauer, Larry T, Eckerman, Keith F, Hagemeyer, Derek, Leggett, Richard W, Mumma, Michael T, Napier, Bruce, Pryor, Kathy H, Rosenstein, Marvin, Schauer, David A, Sherbini, Sami, Stram, Daniel O, Thompson, James L, Till, John E, Yoder, Craig, Zeitlin, Cary

“…ABSTRACTThe primary aim of the epidemiologic study of one million U.S. radiation workers and veterans [the Million Worker Study (MWS)] is to provide…”
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