Hiroshima and Nagasaki: New doses, risks, and their implications
Journal Article
·
· Health Physics; (USA)
- Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (USA)
This presentation summarizes the recent re-evaluations of the dose and risk of cancer among survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It addresses briefly their limitations, and describes some of their implications for the lifetime projection of the risk of a fatal cancer following exposure to ionizing radiation.
- OSTI ID:
- 6639963
- Journal Information:
- Health Physics; (USA), Journal Name: Health Physics; (USA) Vol. 59:1; ISSN 0017-9078; ISSN HLTPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ASIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
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JAPAN
NAGASAKI
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
A-BOMB SURVIVORS
ASIA
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CARCINOGENESIS
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DISEASES
DOSES
HIROSHIMA
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
JAPAN
NAGASAKI
NEOPLASMS
PATHOGENESIS
POPULATIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RADIOINDUCTION
RISK ASSESSMENT
WARFARE