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The HEIR-2 Report (1996)

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This study, Preventing Breast Cancer, is the second one in CNR's series of reports, "Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation" (HEIR Reports).

The previous report (1990) was Radiation-Induced Cancer From Low-Dose Exposure: An Independent Analysis, also by Gofman. (See, for example, reviews in Choice, January 1991; in the New England Journal of Medicine, February 14, 1991; in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 1992; in the PSR Quarterly, March 1993.)

The third HEIR Report will be a study, covering both males and females, of the causal role of medical radiation in the overall cancer porblem --- not in breast-cancer alone.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gofman, John William.
          Preventing breast cancer:   the story of a major, proven,
    preventable cause of this disease / John W. Gofman ; edited by Egan
    O'Connor. -- 2nd ed.

              p.         cm.
          Includes bibliographical references and index.
          1. Breast--Cancer--Prevention.     2. Radiation carcinogenisis-
      -Prevention.   I. O'Connor, Egan.   II. Title.
          [DNLM:   1. Breast Neoplasms--prevention & control.   2. Breast
    Neoplasms--etiology.   3. Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced.   WP 870
    G612p 1996]
    RC280.B8G64   1996
    616.99'449052--dc20
    DNLM/DLC
    for Library of Congress                                                                 96-2453



Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, San Francisco.
Manufactured in the United States of America, on acid-free paper.
Printing and binding by Consolidated Printers of Berkeley, California.
Preparation of text, tables, and figures on the Lotus 123 spreadsheet.

2nd edition, first printing.

ISBN 0 - 932682 - 96 - 0.     LCCN 96-2453.



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