title: Risk of cancer and non-cancer diseases in the atomic bomb survivors.
abstract: Late health effects of exposure to atomic bomb radiation have been evaluated in survivors. A cohort of 120 321 people has been followed since 1950 for mortality, including the cause of death using the Japanese population registry system (Life Span Study), and for cancer incidence using population-based cancer registries. Findings have included a markedly increased risk of leukaemia several years after the exposure, increased risk of various malignant tumours several decades after the exposure and, more recently, findings of increased rates of non-cancer diseases such as cardiovascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Hiroshima Laboratories, Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima Laboratorie, 5-2 Hijiyama-Park, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732-0815, Japan. ozasa@rerf.or.jp
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozasa
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Ritsu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Midori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soda
authors.forename: Fumiyoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kasagi
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors; D055815:Young Adult