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Title:
ORIGINAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS SURVIVING FIVE YEARS AFTER ATOMIC BOMB EXPOSURE UNDER 1,000 METERS ( AMERICAL JOURNAL OF SURVERY, VOL. 98, JULY 1959 )
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1959 Jul 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0008
Accession Number:
NV0704462
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
ATOMIC BOMB VICTIMS WHO WERE EXPOSED UNDER 1,000 METERS AND SURVIVED OVER FIVE YEARS WERE REINVESTIGATED. THERE WERE 619 PATIENTS WHO COMPRISED A TOTAL SAMPLE. MECHANICAL, BLAST, BURN AND RADIATION INJURIES WERE EVALUATED AS TO ONSET, DURATION, SEVERITY, BODY AREA AFFECTED AND TYPE OF HEALING. THE MODAL PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE RADIATION AND MILD TRAUMA. RESULTS WERE COMPARED WITH SIMILAR EARLIER STUDIES. THE QUESTION EMERGES AS TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT PATIENTS EXPOSED WITHIN 1,000 METERS WITH RADIATION AND/OR THERMAL INJURIES HAVE BEEN DYING AT A FASTER RATE THAN THOSE WITH MECHANICAL OR NO INJURIES.


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