Circulatory Disease Risk RCE 16

Synopsis

This report is based on work conducted by the AGIR Subgroup on Circulatory Disease Risk. The report reviews the epidemiological, experimental and medical evidence for radiation exposure elevating the incidence of circulatory diseases. Increased evidence of an association between circulatory diseases and radiation exposures has become available over recent years. Radiological protection does not currently include circulatory diseases in the calculation of health detriment from low dose exposures. It is therefore timely to review the evidence for radiation association and causation of circulatory diseases and consider the likely need and implications for radiological protection to take these diseases into account in protection of health from low dose exposures and medical exposures.

Additional information

Links between radiation exposure and circulatory disease probed - press release

HPA response statement to AGIR report - response statement

Last reviewed: 7 October 2010