Published March 1984
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Journal article
Multiple endocrine tumors in A-bomb survivors, autopsy cases, Hiroshima
- 1. Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima (Japan)
Description
Multiple endocrine tumors (MET) were observed in 27 of 4,136 autopsy cases (0.3%) of the fixed population including Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors and the control group. The thyroid was the most common organ in which MET occurred, followed by the ovary. Thirteen cases, including two cases of three MET, had MET in both the tyroid and the ovary, 11 of which had been exposed to one rad or more of atomic bomb. (Namekawa, K.)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Subtitle (English)
- Preliminary report
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Hiroshima Igaku
- Journal Volume
- 37
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Hiroshima Igaku.
- Journal Page Range
- 442-443
- ISSN
- 0367-5904
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 16053828
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- A-BOMB SURVIVORS; ADRENAL GLANDS; AUTOPSY; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; HIROSHIMA; NEOPLASMS; OVARIES; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PITUITARY GLAND; TESTES; THYROID
- Descriptors DEC
- ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE GENITALS; GLANDS; GONADS; JAPAN; MALE GENITALS; ORGANS; RADIATION EFFECTS