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HEMATOLOGIC STUDIES IN HIROSHIMA AND A CONTROL CITY TWO YEARS AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMBING
FRED M. SNELL, M.D.;
JAMES V. NEEL, M.D., Ph.D.;
K. ISHIBASHI, M.B.
Arch Intern Med. 1949;84(4):569-604.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Present Day Conditions in Japan
Plan of Observation- General Data
- Subjects
- Precautions
- General Procedures
Hematologic Procedures and Evaluation of Errors- Erythrocyte and Leukocyte Counts
- Determination of Hemoglobin and Plasma Protein Content
- Hematocrit Reading
- Determination of Cell Constants
- Differential Count
- Reticulocyte Count
- Laboratory Checks
- Control Studies on Americans
- Statistical Procedures
Presentation of Data- Over-All Blood Picture
- Relation Between Age and Sex and Response to Atomic Bombing
- Relation Between Traumatic Injuries and Flash Burns and Hematologic Observations
- Relation Between Amount of Radiation and Hematologic Observations
- Comment
- Summary
INTRODUCTION
THE ATOMIC bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in the August 1945, subjected large numbers of persons to significant amounts of radiation. The immediate, acute effects of the exposure have been evaluated by a group of United States Army and Navy and Japanese civilian investigators, usually referred to as the Joint Commission.1 Their observations did much to confirm and
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Author Affiliations
BOSTON; Associate Geneticist, Laboratory of Vertebrate Biology, and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School ANN ARBOR, MICH.; HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
Footnotes
Fellow, American Cancer Society, and Graduate Student in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This work was done while Dr. Snell was serving as Lieutenant (jg), Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve.
From the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. This investigation was sponsored by the Committee on Atomic Casualties of the National Research Council, under a contract with the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the United States Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the authors and are not to be construed as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.
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