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Activity Number:
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233
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
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| Abstract - #308934 |
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Title:
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Health Effects of Induced Radiation from the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Author(s):
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Fumiyoshi Kasagi*+
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Companies:
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Radiation Effects Research Foundation
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Address:
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Hijiyama Park 5 2, Hiroshima, 732-0815, Japan
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Keywords:
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Atomic bomb ; Neutron ; Induced radiation ; Health effects
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Abstract:
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Few studies have been conducted on health risk from neutron-induced radiation. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation's (RERF's ) has undertaken a study using their Life Span Study (LSS) cohort to assess the health effects of induced radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The LSS cohort contains a sub-cohort of people that were not in the city (NCI) at the time of the bomb and were not directly exposed to atomic bomb radiation. This paper provides the first assessment of the potential risk from induced radiation using the data from the RERF NIC cohort. Risk assessments for entrants on the first day (which are assumed to have the highest risk) are compared to entrants on the second, and third days. Comparison are made accounting for differences on a number of baseline variables.
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