Published 1996
| Version v1
Book
Cancer risk among nuclear bomb survivors
Creators
- 1. Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), Hiroshima (Japan)
Description
The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) and its predecessor, the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), have conducted mortality surveillance on a cohort of 120,000 nuclear bomb survivors and non-exposed controls (Life Span Study (LSS) sample) since 1950. The present report describes the cancer risks reported in the studies for mortality and incidence data. 5 refs, 1 fig., 2 tabs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IAEA.
- Imprint Place
- Vienna (Austria)
- ISBN
- 92-0-103096-7
- Imprint Title
- Radiation and society: Comprehending radiation risk. V. 2. Poster papers. Proceedings of an international conference
- Imprint Pagination
- 455 p.
- Series
- Proceedings series.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 337-341.
- ISSN
- 0074-1884
Conference
- Title
- Comprehending radiation risk.
- Acronym
- International conference on radiation and society
- Dates
- 24-28 Oct 1994.
- Place
- Paris (France).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Austria
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 28063816
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- A-BOMB SURVIVORS; AGE DEPENDENCE; CARCINOMAS; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARDS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMAS; MELANOMAS; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SEX DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DISEASES; EPITHELIOMAS; EXPLOSIONS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION EFFECTS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-CN--54/67P.