Activities of the National Academy of Sciences in relation to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7302710· OSTI ID:7302710

Edington, C. W.

This progress report relates progress in the various research projects evaluating the late health effects, both somatic and genetic, resulting from radiation exposure of the survivors of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Considerable progress has been made in the collection and utilization of the various epidemiological data bases. These include the Life Span Study, (LSS) cohort, the Adult Health Study (AHS) cohort, the In Utero cohort, the leukemia registry and the F-1 Study population. Important progress has been made in using RERF Tumor and Tissue Registry records for evaluation of cancer incidence and radiation risk estimates for comparison with cancer mortality and risk in the LSS cohort. At the present time, a manuscript on the incidence of solid tumors (1950-1987) is undergoing internal and external review for publication as an RERF Technical report (TR) and for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. In addition, manuscripts are in preparation on (1) a comprehensive report on the incidence of hematological cancers, including analysis of leukemia by cell type (1950-1987), (2) a general description of Tumor Registry operations and (3) a comparison of incidence- and mortality-based estimates of radiation risk in the LSS cohort.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (United States). Board on Radiation Effects Research
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-90ER60960
• OSTI ID: 7302710
• Report Number(s): DOE/NAS/RERF-3; ON: DE92017028
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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A-BOMB SURVIVORS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
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