title: Early mortality rate of atomic bomb survivors based on House Reconstruction Survey.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Nagasaki Women's Junior College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mine
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hoel
mesh_terms: 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*