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Decline of blood leukocyte counts 1947-59, Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Abstract

Earlier reports of progressive decline in leukocyte counts in Hiroshima from about 1948 to 1954 have been confirmed. A similar phenomenon has been observed in Nagasaki. Analysis indicates that this decline in white cell count with time is not related to exposure to the 1945 atomic bombs, to sex, to age, to commonly diagnosed diseases, or to the disproportionate influence of a subgroup. The principal white cells affected were neutrophils, lymphocytes and eosinophils. The precise etiologic factors accounting for the decline, and the biological significance of the present lower range of leukocyte values in Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain to be determined. 16 references, 5 figures, 5 tables.
Publication Date:
Mar 03, 1963
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
ABCC-03-63
Reference Number:
EDB-84-057929
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; A-BOMB SURVIVORS; BLOOD COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIROSHIMA; NAGASAKI; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BODY FLUIDS; DATA; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INFORMATION; JAPAN; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL DATA; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man; 560161 - Radionuclide Effects, Kinetics, & Toxicology- Man
OSTI ID:
5240832
Research Organizations:
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima (Japan)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
Japanese and English
Contract Number:
AC01-76EV03081
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE84008084
Availability:
NTIS, PC A02/MF A01.
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 13
Announcement Date:
Apr 01, 1984

Citation Formats

Ichimaru, Michito, Ueda, Shoichi, and Blaisdell, R K. Decline of blood leukocyte counts 1947-59, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan: N. p., 1963. Web.
Ichimaru, Michito, Ueda, Shoichi, & Blaisdell, R K. Decline of blood leukocyte counts 1947-59, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan.
Ichimaru, Michito, Ueda, Shoichi, and Blaisdell, R K. 1963. "Decline of blood leukocyte counts 1947-59, Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Japan.
@misc{etde_5240832,
title = {Decline of blood leukocyte counts 1947-59, Hiroshima and Nagasaki}
author = {Ichimaru, Michito, Ueda, Shoichi, and Blaisdell, R K}
abstractNote = {Earlier reports of progressive decline in leukocyte counts in Hiroshima from about 1948 to 1954 have been confirmed. A similar phenomenon has been observed in Nagasaki. Analysis indicates that this decline in white cell count with time is not related to exposure to the 1945 atomic bombs, to sex, to age, to commonly diagnosed diseases, or to the disproportionate influence of a subgroup. The principal white cells affected were neutrophils, lymphocytes and eosinophils. The precise etiologic factors accounting for the decline, and the biological significance of the present lower range of leukocyte values in Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain to be determined. 16 references, 5 figures, 5 tables.}
place = {Japan}
year = {1963}
month = {Mar}
}