Cancer mortality in residents of the terrain-shielded area exposed to fallout from the Nagasaki atomic bombing.

Abstract:

:The health effects of radiation exposure from the atomic bomb fallout remain unclear. The objective of the present study is to elucidate the association between low-dose radiation exposure from the atomic bomb fallout and cancer mortality among Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors. Of 77 884 members in the Nagasaki University Atomic Bomb Survivors Cohort, 610 residents in the terrain-shielded area with fallout were selected for this analysis; 1443 residents in the terrain-shielded area without fallout were selected as a control group; and 3194 residents in the direct exposure area were also selected for study. Fifty-two deaths due to cancer in the terrain-shielded fallout area were observed during the follow-up period from 1 January 1970 to 31 December 2012. The hazard ratio for cancer mortality in the terrain-shielded fallout area was 0.90 (95% confidence interval: 0.65-1.24). No increase in the risk of cancer mortality was observed, probably because the dose of the radiation exposure was low for residents in the terrain-shielded fallout areas of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, and also because the number of study subjects was small.

journal_name

J Radiat Res

authors

Yokota K,Mine M,Kondo H,Matsuda N,Shibata Y,Takamura N

doi

10.1093/jrr/rrx047

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-01-01 00:00:00

pages

1-9

issue

1

eissn

0449-3060

issn

1349-9157

pii

4209301

journal_volume

59

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