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Activity Number:
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398
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Environmental and Ecological Statistics
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| Abstract - #302944 |
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Title:
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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Radiation Effects Hotspot Biogeoinformatics and Public Health Policy
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Author(s):
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Harry Cullings*+ and Geoffrey Jacquez and Andrew B. Lawson and Ganapati P. Patil
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Companies:
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Radiation Effects Research Foundation and BioMedware and Medical University of South Carolina and Penn State University
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Address:
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5-2 Hijiyama Park, Hiroshima, 732-0815, Japan
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Keywords:
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spatial scan statistic ; ionizing radiation ; cancer incidence ; radioactive fallout ; hotspot shape
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Abstract:
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Application of hotspot geoinformatics to data on the health experience of Japanese atomic bomb survivors can contribute uniquely to public health policy in a situation of concern to survivors and their families, responsible government agencies, and the public. Studies of health effects of radiation that survivors received directly from the bombs provide guidance for radiation protection of workers and the public around the world. A current concern is whether there is any effect from exposure to radioactive fallout known to exist in limited areas in both cities. Hotspot detection is a powerful tool for knowledge discovery in this context. As there are limited data on fallout deposition, it is especially useful to discern if there are any spatially localized areas of excess cancer or other indicators after correction for all available data on geospatial distributions of known risk factors.
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