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Radiation from Medical Procedures

Hypothesis-1: Medical radiation is a highly important cause (probably the principal cause) of cancer mortality in the United States during the Twentieth Century. Medical radiation means, primarily, exposure by xrays (including fluoroscopy and CT scans).

Hypothesis-2: Medical radiation, received even at very low and moderate doses, is an important cause of death from Ischemic Heart Disease; the probable mechanism is radiation-induction of mutations in the coronary arteries, resulting in dysfunctional clones (mini-tumors) of smooth muscle cells.

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• Title Page
• Verso (back side of Title Page)
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• Back Cover
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Abstract
• Chapter 1:  Executive Summary of This Book
• Chapter 2:  Pre-1960 and Post-1960 Uses of Medical Radiation, and Its Carcinogenic Action
• Chapter 3:  PhysPops --- The Doses in Some Massive Studies of Dose-Response
• Chapter 4:  Mortality Rates --- The Responses in the Dose-Response Studies
• Chapter 5:  Dose-Response, Linear Regression, and Some Other Key Concepts in Our Analyses

• Reference List
• Index and Glossary

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• Ordering Information

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