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- Title
INEQUALITIES IN THE NUCLEAR AGE: IMPACT OF RACE AND GENDER ON RADIATION EXPOSURE AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (1951-1999).
- Authors
ANGELON-GAETZ, KIM A.; RICHARDSON, DAVID B.; WING, STEVE
- Abstract
Changes in the workforce during the civil rights movement may have impacted occupational exposures in the United States. We examined Savannah River Site (SRS) employee records (1951-1999) for changes in radiation doses and monitoring practices, by race and sex. Segregation of jobs by race and sex diminished but remained pronounced in recent years. Female workers were less likely than males to be monitored for occupational radiation exposure [odds of being unmonitored = 3.11; 95% CI: (2.79, 3.47)] even after controlling for job and decade of employment. Black workers were more likely than non-black workers to have a detectable radiation dose [OR = 1.36 (95% CI: 1.28, 1.43)1. Female workers have incomplete dose histories that would hinder compensation for illnesses related to occupational exposures. The persistence of job segregation and excess radiation exposures of black workers shows the need for further action to address disparities in occupational opportunities and hazardous exposures in the U.S. South.
- Subjects
SOUTH Carolina; ANALYSIS of variance; BLACK people; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE analysis; NUCLEAR reactors; PERSONNEL records; POPULATION geography; RADIATION; RADIATION doses; RADIATION measurements; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; LOGISTIC regression analysis; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; DATA analysis; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; ANALYTICAL chemistry; EVALUATION
- Publication
New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental & Occupational Health Policy, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
1048-2911
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2190/NS.20.2.e