title: [Cataract: based on A-bomb survivor studies].
abstract: Until now, the radiation protection community had assumed that only high doses of 2 Gy or more cause cataracts. However, new data from the atomic-bomb (A-bomb) survivors suggest that the dose threshold for both minor opacities and vision limiting cataracts may be below 1 Gy. Other studies have shown similar results in recent years. In 2011, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) revised their guidelines for permissible occupational and medical exposures to the eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Studies, Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neriishi
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects; D054043:Nuclear Weapons; D011829:Radiation Dosage