Incidence of dementia among atomic-bomb survivors - Radiation Effects Research Foundation Adult Health Study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-14

  Yamada, Michiko ^a   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ^a   Mimori, Yasuyo ^b   Miyachi, Takafumi ^c   Ohshita, Tomohiko ^c   Sasaki, Hideo ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb survivors; Dementia; Incidence; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67349225393     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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