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John Harrison

Researcher at Oxford Brookes University

Publications -  65
Citations -  1724

John Harrison is an academic researcher from Oxford Brookes University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Effective dose (radiation) & Equivalent dose. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 64 publications receiving 1424 citations. Previous affiliations of John Harrison include Public Health England & Health Protection Agency.

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Use of effective dose

TL;DR: This paper focusses on two key proposals developed by the Task Group that are under consideration by ICRP: confusion will be avoided if equivalent dose is no longer used as a protection quantity, but regarded as an intermediate step in the calculation of effective dose.
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Risk of lung cancer from radon exposure: contribution of recently published studies of uranium miners.

TL;DR: A sensitivity analysis highlighted the high dependence of background mortality rates on LEAR estimates and suggested that the excess relative risk of lung cancer per unit of exposure should be expressed with consideration of chronic exposure over more than 10 years.
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Dose conversion factors for radon: recent developments

TL;DR: ICRP now proposes to treat radon progeny in the same way as other radionuclides and to publish dose coefficients calculated using models, for use within the ICRP system of protection.
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Effective dose from inhaled radon and its progeny.

TL;DR: Preliminary results of dose calculations for Rn-222 progeny are presented and compared with values obtained using the dose conversion convention, and implications for the setting of reference levels are discussed.
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The polonium-210 poisoning of Mr Alexander Litvinenko

TL;DR: Comparison with estimates of protracted alpha particle doses required to cause irreversible organ damage supported the conclusion that death was the inevitable consequence of multiple organ failure, with destruction of the haemopoietic bone marrow, as well as damage to kidneys and liver, being important contributors.