@article{fdi:010080224, title = {{B}ehavior and food consumption pattern of the {F}rench {P}olynesian population in the 1960s - 1970s}, author = {{D}rozdovitch, {V}. and {B}ouville, {A}. and {T}etuanui, {T}. and {T}aquet, {M}arc and {G}ardon, {J}acques and {X}haard, {C}. and {R}en, {Y}. and {D}oyon, {F}. and {V}athaire, {F}. de}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{B}ackground. {R}econstruction of radiation doses to the thyroid for a case-control study of thyroid cancer in {F}rench {P}olynesians exposed to radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests during childhood and adolescence faced a major limitation on very little availability of information on lifestyle of {F}rench {P}olynesians in the 1960s-1970s. {M}ethod: {W}e use the focus group discussion and key informant interview methodology to collect historical, for the 1960s–1970s, data on behavior and food consumption for {F}rench {P}olynesia population exposed to radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests conducted between 1966 and 1974. {R}esults. {W}e obtained archipelago-specific data on food consumptions by children of different ages and by pregnant and lactating women during pregnancy and breastfeeding and behaviour, including time spent outdoors and type and construction materials of residences. {C}onclusions. {T}his article presents the first detailed information on several key aspects of daily life on {F}rench {P}olynesian archipelagoes during the 1960s-1970s impacting radiation exposure. {I}mportant behavior and food consumptions data obtained in this study are being used to improve the radiation dose estimates and to update the risk analysis reported earlier by correcting biases from previous assumptions and by providing better estimates of the parameter values important to radiation dose assessment.}, keywords = {{ENQUETE} {NUTRITIONNELLE} ; {CONSOMMATION} {ALIMENTAIRE} ; {COUTUME} {ALIMENTAIRE} ; {RADIOACTIVITE} ; {ALLAITEMENT} {MATERNEL} ; {ENFANT} ; {MILIEU} {INSULAIRE} ; {CANCER} ; ; ; {POLYNESIE} {FRANCAISE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}sian {P}acific {J}ournal of {C}ancer {P}revention}, volume = {20}, numero = {12}, pages = {3667--3677}, ISSN = {1513-7368}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.31557/{APJCP}.2019.20.12.3667}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010080224}, }