The Medical Effects of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
Medical aspect
The Effects of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing on the Human Body
Acute phase
Rate of deaths due to the atomic bomb
Frequency of acute symptoms
Epilation
Colon
Bone marrow
Early phase of late effects
Keloid
Atomic bomb cataract
Chromosomal aberrations
Microcephaly
Late atomic bomb effects
Leukemia
Thyroid cancer
Breast cancer
Stomach cancer
Excess relative risk of malignant tumors by site
Multiple primary cancers
Mental effects
Physical aspect
Physical damages
Map of damage
Physical effects
Blast wind
Heat rays
Radiation
Epidemiology
Atomic bomb survivor database
Estimation of radiation dose using the ESR signal from teeth
Radiation dose and death rate
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Radiation dose and death rate
Studies on the relationship between radiation dose and death rate reveal that the risk of death due to cancer tends to increase with increasing dose (A) but that the risk of death due to causes other than cancer shows no such tendency (B).
[Mine, M. et al., Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 58, 1035-43, 1990]
A:  Relative risk of malignancy
Relative risk of malignancy
B:  Relative risk of diseases except malignancy
Relative risk of diseases except malignancy
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