CYTOGENETICS STUDIES IN ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS

Glaucoma in atomic bomb survivors.

Radiation has been associated with increases in noncancerous diseases. An effect of low-dose radiation on the prevalence of clinically detected glaucoma has not been previously reported. We therefore investigated the prevalence of glaucoma in A-bomb survivors and its possible association with radiation dose. A total of 1,589 people who participated in the clinical examination program for A-bomb...

Leukemia in Atomic Bomb Survivors

EUKEMOGENESIS induced by repeated exposures to x-ray and other forms of radiation energy has long been recognized in man and in experimental ammals.’3 The explosion of the atomic bombs in Japan exposed two large human populations to single brief but massive doses of ionizing irradiation and subsequently a marked increase in leukemia among survivors was reported.4 ‘ The present study consists of...

Leukemia in Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors.

A CAUSAL RELATION between radiation and leukemia has been well demonstrated.112 The reported cases of leukemia in people exposed to radium, 1.’I 4 1 occupational x-ray,’ I therapeutic x-ray to the thyroid region in childhood’92#{176} and possibly in utero diagnostic x-ray,2’ have been few in number. Estimates of the increased risk associated with exposure of man to radiation depend heavily upon...

Atomic bomb injuries among survivors in Hiroshima.

Leukemia in offspring of atomic bomb survivors.

P ERSISTENT CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS have been reported in survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who were under 30 years of age and within 1500 meters from the hypocenter at the time of the bombs ( ATB ).‘ Extensive surveillance of the progeny of exposed survivors has failed to demonstrate any increase in the risk of mortality or congenital malformation or any alteration of the sex ratio.2 However...