title: The LD50 associated with exposure to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
abstract: Numerous attempts have been made to estimate the distance at which 50% of the individuals exposed to the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki died, ostensibly from their exposure to ionizing radiation. It is difficult to convert most of these distance estimates to a dose-related LD50, since radiation shielding was ignored. The recent reassessment of the atomic bomb radiation dosimetry has provided an opportunity for the estimation of the bone marrow LD50. There is a surprising concordance in the various estimates that have been made given the different groups of survivors involved and the methods used to estimate the LD50/60.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Schull
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D013534:Survival