Cancer in atomic bomb survivors
This book presents information on the following topics: sampling of atomic bomb survivors and method of cancer detection in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; atomic bomb dosimetry for epidemiological studies of survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; tumor and tissue registries in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the cancer registry in Nagasaki, with atomic bomb survivor data, 1973-1977; cancer mortality; methods for study of delayed health effects of a-bomb radiation; experimental radiation carcinogenesis in rodents; leukemia, multiple myeloma, and malignant lymphoma; cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands; malignant tumors in atomic bomb survivors with special reference to the pathology of stomach and lung cancer; colorectal cancer among atomic bomb survivors; breast cancer in atomic bomb survivors; and ovarian neoplasms in atomic bomb survirors.
- OSTI ID:
- 6934011
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
A-BOMB SURVIVORS
ABSTRACTS
AGE GROUPS
ASIA
AUTOPSY
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY
CARCINOGENESIS
DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASE INCIDENCE
DISEASES
DOCUMENT TYPES
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
HIROSHIMA
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INFORMATION CENTERS
JAPAN
LEADING ABSTRACT
LIFE SPAN
MORTALITY
NAGASAKI
NEOPLASMS
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOLOGY
POPULATIONS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS