For 63 years, scientists have been assessing the long-term health effects in the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and in their children. This article reviews risk estimates and summarizes what has been learned from this study.
Publisher
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Published On
Jan 13, 2011
Authors
Evan B. Douple, Kiyohiko Mabuchi, Harry M. Cullings, Dale L. Preston, Kazunori Kodama, Yukiko Shimizu, Saeko Fujiwara, Roy E. Shore
Tags
atomic bombings
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
health effects
survivors
risk estimates
long-term study
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