Radiation-related Leukemia in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1946-1964
Authors: O. JOSEPH BIZZOZERO
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Article1 March 1967Radiation-related Leukemia in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1946-1964II. Observations on Type-specific Leukemia, Survivorship, and Clinical BehaviorO. JOSEPH BIZZOZERO JR., M.D., KENNETH G. JOHNSON, M.D., ANTONIO CIOCCO, SC.D., SHO KAWASAKI, M.D., SHIGEKI TOYODA, M.D.O. JOSEPH BIZZOZERO JR., M.D., KENNETH G. JOHNSON, M.D., ANTONIO CIOCCO, SC.D., SHO KAWASAKI, M.D., SHIGEKI TOYODA, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-66-3-522 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecently, we reported on the experience of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) in the detection of leukemia in the populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, for the period 1946 to 1964 (1). The years 1946 to 1954 exhibited extremely high incidence rates for leukemia in those persons exposed 0 to 1,500 m from the atomic bombs' hypocenters. 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JOHNSON, M.D.; ANTONIO CIOCCO, SC.D.; SHO KAWASAKI, M.D.; SHIGEKI TOYODA, M.D.Affiliations: Hiroshima and Nagasaki,From the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, a cooperative research agency of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council and the Japanese National Institute of Health of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.This study was supported by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tenn., the Japanese National Institute of Health, and the U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.Dr. Kawasaki is a James Hudson Brown Research Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Editorial Office, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, Hijiyama Park, Hiroshima,Japan. 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