Mortality among Atomic Bomb Survivors

Noncancer Disease Mortality among Atomic Bomb Survivors

It is important to examine the hypothesis that atomic bomb radiation shortens life through an increase in a variety of diseases other than cancer. Although there has been some evidence of increased noncancer disease mortality for some time (1), its interpretation has been difficult because of the lack of understanding of the biological mechanisms involved. Furthermore, the inaccuracy of the und...

Cancer mortality among atomic bomb survivors exposed as children.

OBJECTIVES To compare cancer mortality among A-bomb survivors exposed as children with cancer mortality among an unexposed control group (the entire population of Japan, JPCG). METHODS The subjects were the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivor groups (0-14 years of age in 1945) reported in life span study report 12 (follow-up years were from 1950 to 1990), and a control group consisting of ...

Atomic bomb injuries among survivors in Hiroshima.

Mortality in the children of atomic bomb survivors and controls.

A continuing study of mortality rates among children born to survivors of the atomic bombings and a suitable group of controls has been updated; the average interval between birth and verification of death or survival is 17 years. The mortality experience is now based on 18,946 children liveborn to parents one or both of whom were proximally exposed, receiving jointly an estimated dose of 117 r...

Glaucoma in atomic bomb survivors.

Radiation has been associated with increases in noncancerous diseases. An effect of low-dose radiation on the prevalence of clinically detected glaucoma has not been previously reported. We therefore investigated the prevalence of glaucoma in A-bomb survivors and its possible association with radiation dose. A total of 1,589 people who participated in the clinical examination program for A-bomb...