Use of Screening Dose to Evaluate the Work-relatedness of Cancers Occurring among Korean Radiation Workers / 대한산업의학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
; : 196-203, 2007.
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in Ko
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To propose a screening dose based on the probability of causation (PC) to simplify the evaluation procedure for the work-relatedness of the cancers occurring among Korean radiation workers.METHODS:
Under the PC uncertainty distribution, the screening dose was defined in which the maximum PC is equivalent to 50% for single exposure to radiation, after which the values were calculated according to three significance levels 90%, 95%, and 99%. By using the screening doses for each cancer, we also predicted the number of compensations for the occupational cancers among the current Korean radiation workers to determine a reasonable criterion for the significance level.RESULTS:
If the cumulative dose received by a radiation worker with cancer is less than the screening dose, then PC can not be greater than 50%, i.e., the case can not be awarded as an occupational disease. The numbers of compensation cases for a future decade were predicted to be 3-5, 4-6, and 6-10 at the significance levels of 90%, 95%, and 99%, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
The procedure to evaluate the occupational disease was greatly simplified by using the screening dose for evaluation. A criterion of 95% was recommended as the PC upper limit following consideration for the results of the predicted cases for compensation and the economic circumstances in Korea.Key words
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Awards and Prizes
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Mass Screening
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Workers' Compensation
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Uncertainty
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Compensation and Redress
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Korea
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article