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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(11):797-798; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.11.797
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 11, 797-798, June 5, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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Government Sets Compensation Guidelines for Radiation Exposure

F. B. Dunn

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued final rules under which federal workers exposed to radiation will be compensated for job-related cancers. Since World War II, an estimated 600,000 federal employees and contractors may have been exposed to radiation at nuclear weapons test sites and manufacturing plants.

In 2000, Congress passed a compensation law in response to political pressure from workers at the Department of Energy’s Paducah, Ky., . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Estimating Exposure


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