Cataract in atomic bomb survivors

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 339-345

  Minamoto, A ^a   Taniguchi, H ^b   Yoshitani, N ^a   Mukai, S ^a   Yokoyama, T ^a   Kumagami, T ^b   Tsuda, Y ^b   Mishima, H K ^a   Amemiya, T ^b   Nakashima, E ^c   Neriishi, K ^c   Hida, A ^c   Fujiwara, S ^c   Suzuki, G ^c   Akahoshi, M ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CATARACT; CHILD; CITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 3242703344     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000410001680332     Document Type: Article

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