The LD50 Associated with Exposure to the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Zendy

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The LD<sub>50</sub> Associated with Exposure to the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Author(s) -

S Fujita,

H Kato,

W J Schull

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

journal of radiation research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1349-9157

pISSN - 0449-3060

DOI - 10.1269/jrr.32.suppl_1.154

Subject(s) - ionizing radiation , concordance , nuclear weapon , radiation exposure , nuclear medicine , dosimetry , radiation dose , medicine , toxicology , irradiation , physics , nuclear physics , biology

Numerous attempts have been made to estimate the distance at which 50% of the individuals exposed to the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki died, ostensibly from their exposure to ionizing radiation. It is difficult to convert most of these distance estimates to a dose-related LD50, since radiation shielding was ignored. The recent reassessment of the atomic bomb radiation dosimetry has provided an opportunity for the estimation of the bone marrow LD50. There is a surprising concordance in the various estimates that have been made given the different groups of survivors involved and the methods used to estimate the LD50/60.

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