RERF Report No. 28-11
Radiation risk of individual multifactorial diseases in offspring of the atomic-bomb survivors: A clinical health study
Tatsukawa Y, Cologne JB, Hsu WL, Yamada M, Ohishi W, Hida A, Furukawa K, Takahashi N, Nakamura N, Suyama A, Ozasa K, Akahoshi M, Fujiwara S, Shore RE
J Radiol Prot 2013 (June); 33(2):281–93
doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/33/2/281
Abstract
There is no convincing evidence regarding radiation-induced heritable risks of adult-onset multifactorial diseases in humans, although it is important from the standpoint of protection and management of populations exposed to radiation. The objective of the present study was to examine whether parental exposure to atomic-bomb (A-bomb) radiation led to an increased risk of common polygenic, multifactorial diseases–hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes mellitus, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or stroke–in the first-generation (F
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