Determining person-years of life lost using the BEIR V method

• Published in: Health physics (1958) Vol. 64; no. 5; p. 461
• Main Authors: Maillie, H D, Simon, W, Watts, R J, Quinn, B R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.1993
• Subjects: Age Factors; Energy Transfer; Environmental Exposure; Female; Humans; Life Expectancy; Male; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - mortality; Radiation, Ionizing; Sex Factors

A method is given that permits the calculation of the estimated person-years of life lost when groups of males or females are exposed to low linear energy transfer (LET) ionizing radiation. It is felt that this determination is informative in rating risks to populations from radiation exposures. For...