High incidence of meningioma among Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-57

  Shintani, Takahiro ^a   Hayakawa, Norihiko ^a   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a   Sumida, Masayuki ^b   Kurisu, Kaoru ^b   Oki, Shuuichi ^c   Kodama, Yasunori ^d   Kajikawa, Hiroshi ^e   Inai, Koki ^b   Kamada, Nanao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KURE MEDICAL CENTER AND CHUGOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb survivors; Atomic bomb induced tumor; DS86; Hiroshima; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOMBING; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS; ATOMIC BOMB-INDUCED TUMOR; ATOMIC BOMBS; CLASSIFIEDS; DS86; HIGH INCIDENCE; HIROSHIMUM; HYPOCENTRE; MENINGIOMAS; THYROID CANCERS;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SURVIVOR;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0033091883     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.40.49     Document Type: Article

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