Apparently Beneficial Effect of Low to Intermediate Doses of A-bomb Radiation on Human Lifespan
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 58 (6), 1035-1043
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553009014552341
Abstract
Among about 100 000 A-bomb survivors registered at Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 290 male subjects exposed to 50–149 cGy showed significantly lower mortality from non-cancerous diseases than age-matched unexposed males. This was deduced from the fitting of a U-shaped dose—response relationship. Reasons for this effect in males, but not in females, are discussed with reference to selection of individuals and to hormesis.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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