Cardiovascular disease risk among atomic bomb survivors exposed in utero, 1978-2003

Radiation Research

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Tatsukawa, Yoshimi ^a   Nakashima, Eiji ^a   Yamada, Michiko ^a   Funamoto, Sachiyo ^a   Hida, Ayumi ^a   Akahoshi, Masazumi ^a   Sakata, Ritsu ^a   Ross, Norman P ^a   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ^a   Fujiwara, Saeko ^a   Shore, Roy E ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 51649115573     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1434.1     Document Type: Article

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