Studies of the Mortality of A-Bomb Survivors; 1. Plan of Study and Mortality in the Medical Subsample (Selection I), 1950-1958
Radiation Research, 1962. Reprint from Radiation Research, Volume 16, No. 3, March 1962, pages 253-280. Wraps. 253-280, [4] pages. Tables. Figure. References. Name stamped on front page with ink notation. Ex-library with usual library markings. Ink mark on page 277. Radiation Research, the official journal of the Radiation Research Society, is a peer-reviewed journal covering research into the areas of biology, chemistry, medicine and physics, including epidemiology and translational research at academic institutions, private research institutes, research hospitals and government agencies. The editorial content of Radiation Research is devoted to every aspect of scientific research into radiation. The goal of the Journal is to provide researchers with the latest information in all areas of radiation science. Gilbert Wheeler Beebe (1912 – 2003), was an American epidemiologist and statistician known for monumental studies of radiation-related mortality and morbidity among populations exposed to ionizing radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and the Chernobyl reactor accident in 1986. This copy once belonged to Donald J. Kimeldorf who had worked at the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, California. This is the first report on a study conducted by the National Institute of Health of the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare in cooperation with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) in Japan. The ABCC was a research agenda of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences--National Research Council and was supported under contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. This large-scale statistical study represented a systematic search for mortality differentials associated with radiation. It provided assurance that effects would not be missed merely because they were not specifically looked for at the right time and provided a testing ground for definite hypotheses as to delayed mortality effects. No evidence of higher general mortality was seen in the more heavily irradiated groups. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Atomic Bomb, Radiation Sickness, Weapon Effects, Mortality, Survivors, Vital Statistics, Demographic Sample, Radiation Dose, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Leukemia, Anemia, Malignancies
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