• The NCI Fallout Report and several related documents, including an individual dose calculator can be found on-line by visiting http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/, and selecting "Information for the Public and the Media," then selecting "About Radiation Fallout" from the menu at the left of your screen.



• The IOM’s review of the NCI report can be viewed on-line as well. Visit http://www.nap.edu and enter ‘Exposure of the American*’ in the "search all titles" field.



• The National Research Council report referenced by Kristin Shrader-Frechette in her remarks, Understanding Risk: Informing Decisions in a Democratic Society, is also available at http://www.nap.edu using the title search feature.




Other valuable websites:

• NIH ListServ Homepage (to subscribe/unsubscribe to I-131NTSFALLOUT-L): http://list.nih.gov



• CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health, Radiation Studies Branch homepage (includes links to Hanford Thyroid Disease Study): http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/programs/radiation



• Hanford Health Information Network: http://www.doh.wa.gov/hanford



• The NCI publication Making Health Communication Programs Work is an excellent guide to planning health communications. It is available on-line by visiting http://publications.nci.nih.gov/, and executing a search for "Communication." An updated version of Making Health Communications Work will be released in late spring 2000.

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