Studies revise dose estimates of A‐bomb survivors
SEP 01, 1981
DOI: 10.1063/1.2914743
We know very little about the longterm health hazards of human exposure to neutron irradiation—certainly less than we thought we knew a year ago. The painstaking follow‐up of the Hiroshima and Nagaski survivors has provided our only extensive data on human neutron exposure. A joint Japanese‐American effort has for more than three decades attempted to keep track of the medical history of every person within a few kilometers of Ground Zero who survived the cataclysm and its immediate aftermath in these two ill‐fated cities.
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