Table 8.

Resulting covariance matrix for the EAR fit parameters from fitting a linear-quadratic dose–response model to leukemia incidence to the atomic bomb data at attained age 70 years after exposure at age 30 years applying the EPICURE-AMFIT code to the atomic survivor data with respect to weighted RBM dose

EAR cov	βa	δb	γa	γe	s
βa	0.302	− 0.0746	0.0821	− 0.0204	− 0.0393
δb	− 0.0746	0.175	0.0545	− 0.0114	− 0.0273
γa	0.0821	0.0545	0.112	− 0.0288	− 0.00620
γe	− 0.0204	− 0.0114	− 0.0288	0.0116	0.00162
s	− 0.0393	− 0.0273	− 0.00620	0.00162	0.0551

For males the column and row with the gender parameter $s$ can be neglected

^aIn (10,000 PY Gy)⁻¹

^bIn 10,000 PY⁻¹ Gy⁻²