title: Radiation exposure and disease questionnaires of early entrants after the Hiroshima bombing.
abstract: It is popularly known that people who entered into the ground-zero area shortly after the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered from various syndromes similar to acute radiation effects. External exposures from neutron-induced radionuclides in soil have recently been reassessed based on DS02 calculations as functions of both distance from the hypocentres and elapsed time after the explosions. Significant exposure due to induced radiation can be determined for those who entered the area within 1000 m from the hypocentres shortly after the bombing. Although it was impossible to track the action of each of the survivors over the days or weeks following the bombings in order to make reliable dose estimates for their exposures to soil activation or fallout, four individuals among those early entrants were investigated here to describe useful information of what happened shortly after the bombing.
authors.affiliation: Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori-cho, Osaka 590-0494, Japan. imanaka@rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imanaka
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009502:Neutrons; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout