Table 3

Datasets, parameters and risk per dose for the atomic bomb survivors corresponding to the low-dose-rate, moderate-dose studies of cancer mortality in table 1, and the risk ratios, q_i

No	Population	Male fraction	Average age at start of follow-up	Average age at end of follow-up	Dose quantity	ERR per dose (Gy⁻¹) in LSS, β_lss, best estimate and 90% CI	Risk ratio, q, best estimate and 90% CI
1	Workers at Rocketdyne	0.92	31	56	Skin dose	0.26 (0.16 to 0.35)*	0.00 (−7.25 to 7.33)
2	Radiation workers in nuclear industry	0.90	31	46	Colon dose	0.49 (0.30 to 0.67)	1.19 (−0.34 to 3.12)
3	Chernobyl clean-up workers†	1.00	35	47	Skin dose	0.47 (0.29 to 0.65)*	4.49 (2.79 to 7.17)
4	Chernobyl clean-up workers	1.00	35	50	Skin dose	0.23 (0.11 to 0.34)*	6.66 (1.67 to 14.7)
5	Techa River residents‡	0.40	28	63	Stomach dose	0.54 (0.42 to 0.65)*	1.71 (0.52 to 3.04)
6	UK radiation workers	0.90	29	52	Skin dose	0.30 (0.21 to 0.39)	0.91 (0.01 to 2.01)
7	ORNL workers	1.00	30	57	Skin dose	0.25 (0.16 to 0.33)	19.6 (−6.38 to 51.3)
8	French nuclear workers	0.79	31	49	Skin dose	0.33 (0.23 to 0.43)	4.59 (−2.34 to 12.6)
9	Hanford workers	0.76	31	55	Skin dose	0.41 (0.33 to 0.49)	0.73 (−0.87 to 2.35)

ORNL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
*95% confidence interval.
†Calculations performed for all cancer, because out of 515 neoplasms (ICD-9 140–239) there were only three non-cancer cases (ICD-9 208–239).
‡Calculations performed for all solid cancer, because mortality data with DS02 were not available for bone cancer.