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COMARE FAQs

• What is ionising and non-ionising radiation?
• Who is exposed to ionising radiation?
• Who is exposed to non-ionising radiation?
• How does COMARE work?
• What is epidemiology?
• Why do different epidemiological studies come to different conclusions?
• How does COMARE evaluate inconsistent epidemiological studies?
• How does COMARE determine radiation dose?
• How are risks from ionising radiation estimated?
• What are cancer clusters?

COMARE Current Work

• Current COMARE Work Programme
• Dates of Future Meetings

COMARE Membership

• Membership
  1. COMARE Members
  2. COMARE Secretariat
  3. Assessors in Attendance (Organisations represented)
• Record of Members Interests
• COMARE Subgroups
  1. Authorisation Working Group
  2. Dounreay Working Group
  3. Sellafield Working Group
  4. Medical Practices Subcommittee
  5. UV Sunbed Subcommittee

COMARE Reports, Statements and Other Documents

• COMARE Reports
• COMARE Statements
• Other Documents

COMARE Press Releases

• Press Releases
  1. COMARE 14th Report: Further consideration of the incidence of childhood leukaemia around nuclear power plants in Great Britain
  2. COMARE 13th Report:  The health effects adn risks arising from exposure to ultraviolet radiation from artificial tanning devices
  3. COMARE 12th Report: The impact of personally initiated X-ray computed tomography scanning for the health assessment of asymptomatic individuals
  4. COMARE 11th Report: The distribution of childhood leukaemia and other childhood cancer in Great Britain 1969-1993
  5. COMARE 10th Report: The incidence of childhood cancer around nuclear installations in Great Britain
  6. COMARE 9th Report: Advice on a report by the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters (CERRIE)
  7. COMARE Statement on the radioactive particles found in the local coastal environment resulting from operations at the Dounreay facility
  8. COMARE 8th Report: Review of pregnancy outcomes following preconceptional exposure to radiation
  9. COMARE Statement on Green Audit Occasional Paper 2002/5: Cancer in Burnham on Sea North
  10. Cancer Mortality Around Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, Essex
  11. COMARE 7th Report: Parental Radiation Exposure and Childhood Cancer
  12. COMARE 6th Report: Radioactive Particles at Dounreay
  13. COMARE/RWMAC Report: Radioactive Contamination at a Property in Seascale, Cumbria
  14. Further recommendations on the work to identify the source and possible health effects of the radioactive particles found in the environment around the UKAEA site at Dounreay

COMARE News

• Latest News
  1. COMARE 14th Report: Further consideration of the incidence of childhood leukaemia around nuclear power plants in Great Britain
  2. COMARE 13th Report:  The health effects and risks arising from expsure to ultraviolet radiation from artificial tanning devices

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