Early mortality rate of atomic bomb survivors based on House Reconstruction Survey.
This paper studies the mortality rate experienced by over 23,000 A-bomb survivors in Nagasaki between September 1945 and 1950 when the RERF-ABCC initiated the follow-up of the large LSS cohort. The study is based on the data of the 10-year House Reconstruction Survey. As expected, these data show an increasing mortality rate with increasing proximity to the hypocenter of the bomb. What was not anticipated was a higher mortality rate in the 1400-1699 m band than in the closer distance interval of 1200-1399 m. This suggests a possible selective survival among A-bomb survivors. Whether this affects the cancer risk estimates has not as yet been determined.
Mori
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Nagasaki Women's Junior College, Japan.
Nakamura
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Mine
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Kondo
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Okumura
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Hoel
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D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000401:mortality*