Table 5 The results of the Poisson regression analyses with the exponential model (N = eax+b) using the GLM command in R for the FSS data set with the external and internal doses. We provide the coefficients a and b in the first and second column, the p-value of a in the third column, and the AIC value in the fourth column. The AIC value in the second row is small due to the fact that we use 7 areas in this analysis.

From: Relationship between environmental radiation and radioactivity and childhood thyroid cancer found in Fukushima health management survey

dose

a

b

p-value of a

AIC

air-dose (modified)

0.533

3.07

0.009

102.1

7 areas with external dose

0.502

3.08

0.12

32.7

UNSCEAR10

0.009

3.24

0.53

107.6

131I (modified)

0.109

3.39

0.45

107.4