Lens opacity prevalence among the residents in high natural background radiation area in Yangjiang, China

Cancer and non-cancer epidemiological study in the high background radiation area of Yangjiang, China

The major objective of this study is to examine cancer mortality risk associated with lowlevel radiation exposure occurring in the high background radiation area (HBRA) in Yangjiang of Guangdong Province, China. The average annual effective doses received by the inhabitants from natural sources of external and internal exposures in HBRA are estimated to be 2.10 and 4.27 mSv, respectively, and t...

An epidemiological investigation of mutational diseases in the high background radiation area of Yangjiang, China.

High background radiation area/Mutation-based diseases/Cancer mortality/Down's syndrome Data from the epidemiological investigation on mutation-based diseases in the High Background Radia tion Area (HBRA) of Yangjiang, China, were analyzed. Although the gamma exposure level in the HBRA is three times that of the Control Area (CA) and about ninety percent of the families in the HBRA have lived t...

Cancer and non-cancer mortality among Inhabitants in the high background radiation area of Yangjiang, China (1979-1998).

The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of high background radiation (HBR) on mortality. A cohort of 31,604 men and women aged 30-74 y living in the study area in Guangdong Province, China, was followed during the period 1979-1998. The information on deaths and migrations of cohort members was collected by visiting study areas every 3-4 y. Cumulative external radiation dose, lagged by 2...

Epidemiological investigation of radiological effects in high background radiation areas of Yangjiang, China.

Non-linear phenomena in biological findings of the residents of high background radiation areas of Ramsar

Some Areas of Ramsar, a city in northern Iran are among the world’s wellknown inhabited areas with highest levels of natural radiation. Annual exposure levels in these areas are up to 260 mGy y‐1 and the mean exposure rate is about 10 mGy y‐1 for a population of about 2000 residents. If elevated levels of natural radiation as high as a few hundred mSv per year is detrimental to health and...