SAHSU

SAHSU was established in 1987 following a recommendation of the Black enquiry into the incidence of leukaemia in children and young adults near the Sellafield nuclear plant. The main aim of SAHSU has been to assess the risk to the health of the population to environmental factors with an emphasis on the use and interpretation of routine health statistics. The Unit was successfully transferred to Imperial College from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in April 1996. The current work programme (2000-2004) commenced in October 2000, following competitive tender. The main focus of is on a number of major research projects. Increasing attention has been given to exposure assessment, developed together with other departments within Imperial College and with external collaborators. Substantial efforts continue to maintain and develop the SAHSU databases as well as further developing spatial analysis methods.

The more details please go to the SAHSU website at www.sahsu.org/