Long-term effects of radiation exposure on health

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 386; no. 9992; pp. 469 - 478
• Main Authors: Kamiya, Kenji, Ozasa, Kotaro, Akiba, Suminori, Niwa, Ohstura, Kodama, Kazunori, Takamura, Noboru, Zaharieva, Elena K, Kimura, Yuko, Wakeford, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age Factors; Atomic bombs; Bombings; Cardiovascular diseases; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Fatalities; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humans; Internal Medicine; Ionizing radiation; Japan - epidemiology; Life span; Mutation; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear Warfare; Nuclear Weapons; Public health; Radiation; Radiation Injuries - epidemiology; Radiation protection; Radioactive Hazard Release; Risk assessment; Studies; Survivors; Time Factors; Ukraine - epidemiology; Japan; Ukraine; Ukraine, Chernobyl; Japan, Nagasaki

Late-onset effects of exposure to ionising radiation on the human body have been identified by long-term, large-scale epidemiological studies. The cohort study of Japanese survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (the Life Span Study) is thought to be the most reliable source of in...