1.    The project						  1
1.1   Objectives						  2
1.2   Present outcomes						  3

2.    The Russian National Medical and Dosimetric Registry	  7
2.1   The Primary Registration and Examination Forms		 11
2.2   Data Base and Data Processing				 16
2.3   The Reconstruction of Absorbed Radiation Doses		 19

3.    Health Status Indicators					 45

4.    Mathematical Concepts					 65
4.1   The Demand for a New Methodology				 65
4.2   Semi-Markov Modelling					 70
4.3   Homogeneity						 77
4.4   Unobserved States and Variables				 86
4.5   Multiple Risks						 94
4.6   Model Selection on Empirical Data				101