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SECTION ONE
Orientation, Materials, Methods
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Introduction ...........................................................................................................
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Abstract ................................................................................................................
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Chp.1
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Executive Summary of This Book ...........................................................................
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7
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2
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Pre-1960 and Post-1960 Uses of Medical Radiation, and Its Carcinogenic Action
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27
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PhysPops --- The Doses in Some Massive Studies of Dose-Response .....................
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Mortality Rates --- The Responses in the Dose-Response Studies ...........................
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5
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Dose-Response, Linear Regression, and Some Other Key Concepts in Our Analyses ..
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SECTION TWO
Cancer Mortality: Evidence that Medical Radiation Became a Principal Cause by 1940
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6
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All-Cancers-Combined, Males: Relation with Medical Radiation .............................
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107
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7
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All-Cancers-Combined, Females: Relation with Medical Radiation ..........................
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8
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Breast Cancer, Females ..........................................................................................
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125
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9
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Digestive-System Cancers, Males ...........................................................................
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131
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10
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Digestive-System Cancers, Females .......................................................................
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Urinary-System Cancers, Males ..............................................................................
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143
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Urinary-System Cancers, Females ..........................................................................
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149
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13
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Genital Cancers, Males ..........................................................................................
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155
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Genital Cancers, Females ......................................................................................
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161
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15
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Buccal-Cavity & Pharynx Cancers, Males ................................................................
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Respiratory-System Cancers, Males .......................................................................
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Respiratory-System Cancers, Females ...................................................................
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"Difference" Cancers (All-minus-Respiratory), Males ................................................
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"Difference" Cancers (All-minus-Respiratory), Females ...........................................
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All-Cancer-Except-Genital-Cancer ..........................................................................
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All-Cancer Except (Genital + Respiratory) ..............................................................
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Summarized Results of Chapters 6 - 21, and Discussion .........................................
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SECTION THREE
NonCancer NonIHD Mortality: Inverse Dose-Response with Medical Radiation
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All Causes of Death Combined: Relation with Medical Radiation ............................
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All Causes of Death Except Cancer .......................................................................
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All Causes of Death Except (Cancer + Ischemic Heart Disease) .............................
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Appendicitis, Deaths ............................................................................................
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CNS Vascular-Lesions (Strokes), Deaths ..............................................................
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Chronic Nephritis, Deaths .....................................................................................
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Diabetes Mellitus, Deaths .....................................................................................
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Hypertensive Disease, Deaths ..............................................................................
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Influenza and Pneumonia, Deaths ..........................................................................
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Fatal Motor-Vehicle Accidents ................................................................................
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Other Fatal Accidents ............................................................................................
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Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease .........................................................
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Syphilis and Sequelae, Deaths ..............................................................................
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Tuberculosis, Deaths ............................................................................................
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Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum, Deaths ...............................................................
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Summary on NonCancer NonIHD Results: Facts "Demanding" an Explanation ..........
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SECTION FOUR
Ischemic Heart Disease: Evidence that Medical Radiation Became an Important Cause by 1950
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Ischemic Heart Disease: Medical Radiation as a Cause ..........................................
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40
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IHD in Males: The Dose-Response between Medical Radiation and IHD ..................
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IHD in Females: The Dose-Response between Medical Radiation and IHD ..............
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Similarities in the IHD and Cancer Findings: Tumors in Both Diseases? ...................
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Nature of Atherosclerotic Lesions Underlying IHD ...................................................
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Some "Schools" of Thought on IHD Etiology and on IHD Acute Fatal Events ............
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Unified Model: Intersection of Lipoproteins & Dysfunctional Clones of SMCs ...........
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How the Unified Model Helps to Explain, or Relates to, Other Observations .............
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SECTION FIVE
Cancer and IHD Mortality after 1940: Fractional Causation by Medical Radiation
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Evaluating Fractional Causation in the Post-1940 Decades: How We Start ...............
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Cigarette Smoking: When, Who, How Much, and Especially Where .........................
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All-Cancers, Males, 1940-1988: Fractional Causation by Medical Radiation .............
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All-Cancers, Females, 1940-1988: Fractional Causation by Medical Radiation .........
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Respiratory-System Cancers, Males, 1940-1988 ....................................................
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Respiratory-System Cancers, Females, 1940-1988 ................................................
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Difference-Cancers, Males, 1940-1988 .................................................................
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Difference-Cancers, Females, 1940-1988 ..............................................................
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Breast-Cancers, Females, 1940-1990 ...................................................................
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All-Cancers-Except-Genital, Females, 1940-1980 .................................................
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Digestive-System Cancers, Males, 1940-1988 .......................................................
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Digestive-System Cancers, Females, 1940-1988 ...................................................
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Urinary-System Cancers, Males, 1940-1980 ..........................................................
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Urinary-System Cancers, Females, 1940-1980 ......................................................
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Genital Cancers, Males, 1940-1990 .....................................................................
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Genital Cancers, Females, 1940-1980 ..................................................................
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Buccal-Pharynx Cancers, Males, 1940-1980 .........................................................
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Ischemic Heart Disease, Males, 1950-1993 ..........................................................
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Ischemic Heart Disease, Females, 1950-1993 ......................................................
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Summarized Results, from Evidence Which Spans about a Half-Century ................
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SECTION SIX
The Status of Hypotheses One and Two
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Our Findings: In Conflict with Existing Evidence? .................................................
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Is There a Reasonable Non-Radiation Explanation for the Observations? ..............
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Conclusion: Making Sense of Three Sets of Irrefutable Correlations ......................
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APPENDICES
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App A
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Dose-Units and Dose-Levels of Ionizing Radiation ................................................
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The Safe-Dose Fallacy: Summary of Three Remarkably Similar Reports ................
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The Free-Radical Fallacy about Ionizing Radiation: A Demonstration .....................
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Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability: What It Is, and Why It Is Important ............
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Some Pathways toward Understanding the Atherogenic Role of Lipoproteins .........
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Dietary Advice in Prevention and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease .............
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Any Goodness in "Good Cholesterol" ? ................................................................
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"Small, Dense Lipoprotein Particles" Especially Atherogenic?: Basis for Strong Doubt
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"Snapshot" Epidemiology: Why Lipid Levels Seemed Less Important at Older Ages ..
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Coronary Effects of Very High-Dose Medical Radiation ..........................................
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Mid-Century: Average Annual Per Capita Dose from Diagnostic Medical Xrays ........
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Radiation "Hormesis": How an Illusion Can Arise from "Perfectly Good Data" ..........
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Fractional Causation, 1980-1993, after an Alternate Smoking Adjustment ...............
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App N
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PhysPop Omitted: Correlations between Canc. & IHD MortRates (Past, Present) .....
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