Japanese Legacy Cohorts: The Life Span Study Atomic Bomb Survivor Cohort and Survivors’ Offspring

Cohorts of atomic bomb survivors—including those exposed in utero—and children conceived after parental exposure were established to investigate late health effects of atomic bomb radiation and its transgenerational effects by the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) in the 1950s. ABCC was reorgan...

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Main Authors: Kotaro Ozasa, Eric J Grant, Kazunori Kodama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/28/4/28_JE20170321/_pdf