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<正>A Risk Comparison between Lifestyle, Socioeconomic Status, and Radiation:A Cohort Study of Cancer Mortality among Japanese Nuclear Workers (J-EPISODE)Shin’ichi Kudo1, Akemi Nishide1,2, Hiroshige Furuta1, Noboru Ishizawa1, Shin Saigusa1(1. Institute of Radiation Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Association;2. College of Life Sciences, Ibaraki Christian University, Ibaraki, Japan)Abstract:The health effects of low-dose radiation exposure have been a source of controversy. One possible reason is that epidemiological studies that compare radiation risk with other factors, such as lifestyle or socioeconomic status, have been limited.The aim of this study is to conduct a comparison of the cancer risk of mortality between radiation, lifestyle habits (such as smoking), and socioeconomic status (such as years of education) among Japanese nuclear workers. We assembled a cohort of41,742 male nuclear workers in Japan who answered a lifestyle questionnaire survey conducted during 2003-2004.