Radiation dose and cataract surgery incidence in atomic bomb survivors, 1986-2005

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Neriishi, Kazuo ^a   Nakashima, Eiji ^a   Akahoshi, Masazumi ^a   Hida, Ayumi ^a   Grant, Eric J ^a   Masunari, Naomi ^c   Funamoto, Sachiyo ^a   Minamoto, Atsushi ^b   Fujiwara, Saeko ^a   Shore, Roy E ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b Minamoto Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84866627901     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12111947     Document Type: Article

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