Some of my publications that are most
currently useful are accessible below. Items 1-6 and 9
are in PDF format that can be read with Adobe Acrobat. Items 7,8, and 10-16 are text only. . Items 1,2,7,8,14 and 16 deal with our test of the linear-no threshold theory of radiation induced cancer, based on lung cancer rates vs radon exposures in U.S. counties. #7 is the best place to start in reading about that study; it reviews and justifies the procedures, with special emphasis on treatment of confounding factors. #1 is the basic paper published in 1995. #2 is an extension involving substantial additional data. #8 is a less technical fairly recent review of that project, but parts of it are superseded by #7. Several other papers on that study are included in my list of publications in the CV. Item #14 is a response to a criticism of that work published in a British journal. Item #15 is a response to a very interesting observation by Puskin relevant to that work. Item #16 is my response to a letter by Mossman published in the July 2003 edition of Health Physics News. Items 3 and 9 are wide ranging review papers, analyzing the validity of the linear-no threshold theory. Item 4 is the latest version of my Catalog of Risks, my attempt to put the risks we all face into perspective. Items 5, 6, 10, and 11 deal with my work on radioactive waste. #5 gives a rather complete technical treatment of my probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) of wastes from generation of electricity. #10 is a recent brief presentation of the PRA, emphasizing a modified viewpoint. #11 is a less technical broad overview of the risks from high level radioactive waste. #6 deals with the issue of discounting in assessing far future health impacts, such as those considered in items 5,10, and 11. Item 12 is my book “The Nuclear Energy Option” published by Plenum Press in 1990. Figures are missing (few are important for understanding the text) and the editing is deficient, but otherwise, the material is there. Item 13 gives instructions for anyone to access our data on which #1 is based. |