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RADIOPROTECTION

Description of the main highlights of the Radioprotection Service (Fig. 1).

Interagency IPEN/CNEN
Partners Training

Radiological
Products RADIOPROTECTION emergency
and services SERVICE
responses

Scientific
production Research

Fig. 1 Highlights of the Radioprotection Service.

RESEARCH AND limitations of the major types of observation-

DEVELOPMENT al and experimental studies, emphasizing the
many possibilities for errors in epidemiolog-
ical for a clear understanding.
Occupational epidemiology
Study of the occupational risk

The main evidence for the presence or ab- agents and their possible harmful
sence of various health outcomes is provided effects on human health
by epidemiological investigations and the
main objectives of the research group are: The occupational risk assessment is a struc-
tured and systematic process, which depends
To get a solid introduction and a detailed on the correct identification of probable risk
study of the basic epidemiologic methods factors and agents potentially found at work-
including the special features of occupational place. The objective of this project was to carry
epidemiology; out the basic characterization of a Brazilian
radioisotope production facility through am-
To assess the different types of epidemiolog- ple knowledge of the workplace, workforce,
ical study, the applications, advantages and task performed and identification and eval-

Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares