Leukemia in Atomic Bomb Survivors
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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 a review of all cases of leukemia referred to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commissioii from 1948 to April 1952 together with thirty-nine new cases, bringing the total to seventy-five established cases of leukemia occurring in atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki up to January 1 , 1953.
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