Articles in this list are journal publications other than the RERF Reports or the Commentary and Review Series.

Key to Abbreviations Used for Language

J: Document published in Japanese

E: Document published in English

Ab: Abstract provided in second language or only an abstract, as opposed to a full paper, is available.

Epidemiology of arteriosclerosis and ischemic heart disease among A-bomb survivors
Akahoshi M
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) : 205-9, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3785 Language: J

Exon 19 of EGFR mutation in relation to the CA-repeat polymorphism in intron 1
Aragane NS, Imai K, Komiya K, Sato A, Tomimasu R, Hisatomi T, Sakuragi T, Mitsuoka M, Hayashi S, Nakachi K, Sueoka E
Cancer Science 99(6):1180-7, 2008
Bib#: 3708 Language: E

Cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases in the Asia-Pacific region
Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (RERF: Nakachi K)
Stroke 39(6):1694-702, 2008
Bib#: 3710 Language: E

Epidemiology of osteoporosis, and risk factors
Fujiwara S
Kotsu Soshosho Chiryo [Journal of Osteoporotic Medicine] 7(1):11-5, 2008
Bib#: 3786 Language: J

Application of a Japanese model of FRAX™ (Fracture risk assessment tool) for clinical science
Fujiwara S
Pharma Medica 26(11):81-4, 2008
Bib#: 3787 Language: J

Development and application of a Japanese model of the WHO fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX™)
Fujiwara S, Nakamura T, Orimo H, Hosoi T, Gorai I, Oden A, Johansson H, Kanis JA
Osteoporosis International 19(4):429-35, 2008
Bib#: 3655 Language: E

Health issues among offspring of A-bomb survivors
Fujiwara S, Suyama A, Cologne JB, Akahoshi M, Kasagi F, Kodama K
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):283-6, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3649 Language: J

Chromosome instability in colonally propagated T lymphocytes in vitro from A-bomb survivors
Hamasaki K, Kodama Y, Kusunoki Y, Nakashima E, Takahashi N, Nakamura N, Nakachi K
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):304-7, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3651 Language: J

Gene alterations preferentially occurred in papillary thyroid cancer among atomic bomb survivors
Hamatani K, Eguchi H, Cologne JB, Soda M, Abe K, Hayashi T, Nakashima M, Sekine I, Hayashi Y, Nakachi K
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) :264-7, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3728 Language: J

Radiation-induced cardiovascular injury
Hendry JH, Akahoshi M, Wang LS, Lipshultz SE, Stewart FA, Trott KR
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 47(2):189-93, 2008
Bib#: 3788 Language: E

Involvement of heterozygotes of breast cancer-related genes in early-onset breast and ovarian cancers among A-bomb survivors
Hirai Y, Inoue T, Noda A, Kodama Y, Nii K, Mizuno M, Tokuoka S, Kodama K, Mabuchi K, Land CE, Nakamura N
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):360-2, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3653 Language: J

ECG abnormality and total mortality–Mortality risk by Minnesota code
Horibe H, Kasagi F
Hirotsugu Ueshima, ed. Evidence of circulatory disease based on NIPPON DATA. Tokyo: Japan Medical Journal :pp 143-51, 2008
Bib#: 3681 Language: J

Japan arteriosclerosis longitudinal study-existing cohorts combine (JALS-ECC)–Rationale, design, and population characteristics
Japan Arteriosclerosis Longitudinal Study (JALS) Group (Investigator at RERF: Yamada M)
Circulation 72(10):1563-8, 2008
Bib#: 3789 Language: E

The association between RAD18 Arg302Gln polymorphism and the risk of human non-small-cell lung cancer
Kanzaki H, Ouchida M, Hanafusa H, Yamamoto H, Suzuki H, Yano M, Aoe M, Imai K, Date H, Nakachi K, Shimizu K
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 134(2):211-7, 2008
Bib#: 3676 Language: E

Health assessment system
Kasagi F, Kodama K, Ueshima H, Katayama H
Hirotsugu Ueshima, ed. Evidence of circulatory disease based on NIPPON DATA. Tokyo: Japan Medical Journal :pp 249-64, 2008
Bib#: 3684 Language: J

How the personal information is protected in the cancer registry
Katayama H
JACR Monograph No.13 :35-9, 2008
Bib#: 3726 Language: J

Report on a questionnaire to atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who emigrated to Brazil
Katayama H, Tatsukawa Y, Sakata R
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) :301-3, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3725 Language: J

Screening for microsatellite mutations in the children of A-bomb survivors
Kodaira M, Ryo H, Takahashi N, Kamada N, Furukawa K, Nakajima H, Nomura T, Nakamura N
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) :345-8, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3723 Language: J

Cancer registry and researches on late health effects of atomic bomb radiation
Kodama K, Kasagi F, Nishi N, Sugiyama H, Soda M, Suyama A
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):267-9, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3647 Language: J

Identification of hypertension-susceptibility genes and pathways by a systemic multiple candidate gene approach: The millennium genome project for hypertension
Kohara K, Tabara Y, Nakura J, Imai Y, Ohkubo T, Hata A, Soma M, Nakayama T, Umemura S, Hirawa N, Ueshima H, Kita Y, Ogihara T, Katsuya T, Takahashi N, Tokunaga K, Miki T
Hypertension Research 31(2):203-12, 2008
Bib#: 3658 Language: E

Differentiation process of memory T cells–Overview
Kusunoki Y
Clinical Immunology & Allergology 49(5):485-94, 2008
Bib#: 3677 Language: J

Association of TNFRSF4 gene polymorphisms with essential hypertension
Mashimo Y, Suzuki Y, Hatori K, Tabara Y, Miki T, Tokunaga K, Katsuya T, Ogihara T, Yamada M, Takahashi N, Makita Y, Nakayama T, Soma M, Hirawa N, Umemura S, Ohkubo T, Imai Y, Hata A
Journal of Hypertension 26(5):902-13, 2008
Bib#: 3661 Language: E

Report on the results of the sixteenth medical examination of atomic bomb survivors resident in North America
Matsumura M, Arita K, Takada Y, Suyama A, Nishi N, Ishida K, Hirabayashi A, Kato H, Kato M, Yoshida S, Hyoudou M, Egawa M, Taniguchi A, Watanabe T, Ogasawara Y, Soramoto E, Mukai M, Nishioka Y, Sakatani K, Yamaguchi Y, Tamura R, Usui S
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(3):161-85, 2008
Bib#: 3642 Language: EJ

Significance of HER2 and C-MYC oncogene amplifications in breast cancer in atomic bomb survivors: Associations with radiation exposure and histologic grade
Miura S, Nakashima M, Ito M, Kondo H, Meirmanov S, Hayashi T, Soda M, Matsuo T, Sekine I
Cancer 112(10):2143-51, 2008
Bib#: 3773 Language: E

Male infertility as a marker of genetic effects of radiation: Will the detection of genetic effects of radiation be easier if a phenotype related to multiple genes were chosen?
Nakamura N
Hoshasen Seibutsu Kenkyu [Radiation Biology Research Communications] 43(1):1-9, 2008
Bib#: 3644 Language: J

Manganese superoxide dismutase Ala16Val polymorphism is associated with the development of type 2 diabetes in Japanese-Americans
Nakanishi S, Yamane K, Ohishi W, Nakashima R, Yoneda M, Nojima H, Watanabe H, Kohno N
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 81(3):381-5, 2008
Bib#: 3701 Language: E

Systolic blood pressure and systolic hypertension in adolescence of in utero exposed atomic-bomb survivors
Nakashima E, Akahoshi M, Neriishi K
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):300-3, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3650 Language: J

Postoperative cataract incidence in Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivors 1986-2006: A preliminary analysis
Nakashima E, Neriishi K, Akahoshi M, Preston DL
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) :243-7, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3724 Language: J

Incidence of multiple primary cancers in Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors: Association with radiation exposure
Nakashima M, Kondo H, Miura S, Soda M, Hayashi T, Matsuo T, Yamashita S, Sekine I
Cancer Science 99(1):87-92, 2008
Bib#: 3774 Language: E

NAS-NRC Committee (including Shore RE)
Review of the Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposures to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat. Washington DC: National Academies Press:154 p, 2008
Bib#: 3852 Language: E

Cohort studies in the Radiation Effects Research Foundation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nishi N, Kodama K
Igaku no Ayumi [Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine] 224(2):157-61, 2008
Bib#: 3639 Language: J

Current situation and challenges of Hiroshima City Cancer Registry
Nishi N, Sugiyama H, Kodama K, Ninomiya M, Kuwabara M, Hiramatsu K, Umehara M, Okuno H, Kishimoto A
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(3):186-9, 2008
Bib#: 3643 Language: J

Comments on “Solid cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors: 1958-98”
Nishi N
Isotope News 650:17-21, 2008
Bib#: 3666 Language: J

Socioeconomic factors and circulatory disease–Relationship between urban/rural areas and circulatory disease
Nishi N
Hirotsugu Ueshima, ed. Evidence of circulatory disease based on NIPPON DATA. Tokyo: Japan Medical Journal :pp 216-20, 2008
Bib#: 3682 Language: J

Socioeconomic factors and circulatory disease–Relationship between job categories and circulatory disease
Nishi N
Hirotsugu Ueshima, ed. Evidence of circulatory disease based on NIPPON DATA. Tokyo: Japan Medical Journal :pp 221-3, 2008
Bib#: 3683 Language: J

Baseline cardiovascular risk factors and stroke mortality by municipality population size in a 19-year follow-up study–NIPPON DATA80
Nishi N
Journal of Epidemiology 18(4):135-43, 2008
Bib#: 3686 Language: E

Implications of radiation-induced tandem repeat instability
Noda A, Hirai Y, Kodama Y, Nakamura N
Hoshasen Seibutsu Kenkyu [Radiation Biology Research Communications] 43(2):107-18, 2008
Bib#: 3702 Language: J

Cytolethal distending toxin induces caspase-dependent and -independent cell death in MOLT-4 cells
Ohara M, Hayashi T, Kusunoki Y, Nakachi K, Fujiwara T, Komatsuzawa H, Sugai M
Infection and Immunity 76(10):4783-91, 2008
Bib#: 3711 Language: E

Guidelines for management of hepatitis B
Ohishi W, Chayama K
Shindan to Chiryo [Diagnosis and Treatment] 96(3):481-7, 2008
Bib#: 3641 Language: J

Therapy for chronic hepatitis B
Ohishi W, Chayama K
Medical Practice 25(10):1847-51, 2008
Bib#: 3720 Language: J

Report of Atomic Bomb Disease Research Project
Ohkubo T, ed. MHLW Grants: FY2007 Report :78 p, 2008
Bib#: 3695 Language: J

Adaptation to estradiol deprivation causes up-regulation of growth factor pathways and hypersensitivity to estradiol in breast cancer cells
Santen RJ, Song RX, Masamura S, Yue W, Fan P, Sogon T, Hayashi SI, Nakachi K, Eguchi H
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 630:19-34, 2008
Bib#: 3712 Language: E

Protective effect of vitamin C on oxidative stress: A randomized controlled trial
Sasazuki S, Hayashi T, Nakachi K, Sasaki S, Tsubono Y, Okubo S, Hayashi M, Tsugane S
International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research 78(3):121-8, 2008
Bib#: 3763 Language: E

International study of factors affecting human chromosome translocations
Sigurdson AJ, Ha M, Hauptmann M, Bhatti P, Sram RJ, Beskid O, Tawn EJ, Whitehouse CA, Lindholm C, Nakano M, Kodama Y, Nakamura N, et al.
Mutation Research 652(2):112-21, 2008
Bib#: 3704 Language: E

Dose to the contralateral breast from radiotherapy and risk of second primary breast cancer in the WECARE study
Stovall M, Smith SA, Langholz BM, Boice JD, Shore RE, Andersson M, Buchholz TA, Capanu M, Bernstein L, Lynch CF, Malone KE, Anton-Culver H, Haile RW, Rosenstein BS, Reiner AS, Thomas DC, Bernstein JL
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 72(4):1021-30, 2008
Bib#: 3847 Language: E

Exon 19 of EGFR mutation in relation to the CA-repeat polymorphism in intron 1
Sueoka-Aragane N, Imai K, Komiya K, Sato A, Tomimasu R, Hisatomi T, Sakuragi T, Mitsuoka M, Hayashi S, Nakachi K, Sueoka E
Cancer Science 99(6):1180-7, 2008
Bib#: 3675 Language: E

TNF-α-inducing protein, a carcinogenic factor secreted from H. pylori, enters gastric cancer cells
Suganuma M, Yamaguchi K, Ono Y, Matsumoto H, Hayashi T, Ogawa T, Imai K, Kuzuhara T, Nishizono A, Fujiki H
International Journal of Cancer 123(1):117-22, 2008
Bib#: 3713 Language: E

Patterns of diagnosis and treatment among childhood cancer patients in Hiroshima City
Sugiyama H, Nishi N, Kuwabara M, Ninomiya M, Arita K, Yasui W, Kasagi F, Kodama K
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(7):557-62, 2008
Bib#: 3685 Language: J

Partial cancer prevalence in Japan up to 2020: Estimates based on incidence and survival data from population-based cancer registries
Tabata N, Ohno Y, Matsui R, Sugiyama H, Ito Y, Tsukuma H, Oshima A
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 38(2):146-57, 2008
Bib#: 3790 Language: E

Studies of trans-generational effects following A-bomb irradiation
Takahashi N, Satoh Y
Tanaka S, Fujikawa K, Ogura K, Tanaka K, Oghiso Y, eds. Carcinogenesis and Genetic Effects of Low Dose Radiation Exposure. Aomori: Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES) (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Carcinogenesis and Genetic Effects :pp 15-9, 2008
Bib#: 3729 Language: E

Large-scale copy number variants (CNVs) detected in different ethnic human populations
Takahashi N, Satoh Y, Kodaira M, Katayama H
Cytogenetic and Genome Research 123(1-4):224-33, 2008
Bib#: 3830 Language: E

Soluble Fas level and cancer mortality: Findings from a nested case-control study within a large-scale prospective study
Tamakoshi A, Nakachi K, Ito Y, Lin Y, Yagyu K, Kikuchi S, Watanabe Y, Inaba Y, Tajima K
International Journal of Cancer 123(8):1913-6, 2008
Bib#: 3714 Language: E

Relationships between incidence of noncancer diseases and radiation dose among the atomic bomb survivors exposed in utero
Tatsukawa Y, Nakashima E, Yamada M, Funamoto S, Akahoshi M, Fujiwara S
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):355-6, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3652 Language: J

Cardiovascular disease risk among atomic bomb survivors exposed in utero, 1978-2003
Tatsukawa Y, Nakashima E, Yamada M, Funamoto S, Hida A, Akahoshi M, Sakata R, Ross NP, Kasagi F, Fujiwara S, Shore RE
Radiation Research 170(3):269-74, 2008
Bib#: 3688 Language: E

Role of Rev1 in N-methyl-N-nitrosourea induced mutagenesis and tumorigenesis
Toyoshima M, Young XI, Kubo K, Hamasaki K, Kusunoki Y, Honda H, Masuda Y, Watanabe H, Kamiya K
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) : 367-9, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3731 Language: J

A case of fulminant hepatic failure caused by hepatitis E virus
Tsuge M, Noguchi C, Hiraga N, Mori N, Hiramatsu A, Imamura M, Ohishi W, Arataki K, Aikata H, Kawakami Y, Takahashi S, Chayama K
Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology 1(2):69-74, 2008
Bib#: 3700 Language: E

Association between fatty acid binding protein 3 gene variants and essential hypertension in humans
Ueno T, Soma M, Tabara Y, Tokunaga K, Tahira K, Fukuda N, Matsumoto K, Nakayama T, Katsuya T, Ogihara T, Makita Y, Hata A, Yamada M, Takahashi N, Hirawa N, Umemura S, Miki T
American Journal of Hypertension 21(6):691-5, 2008
Bib#: 3705 Language: E

Late effects of atomic bomb–Recent issues “Aging-related diseases”
Yamada M, Kasagi F
Hiroshima Igaku [Journal of the Hiroshima Medical Association] 61(4):271-4, 2008 (Proceedings of the 48th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2007)
Bib#: 3648 Language: J

Effect of gender and smoking on incidence of cardiovascular disease and peptic ulcer in a Japanese population: The Radiation Effects Research Foundation Adult Health Study
Yamada M, Wong FL
Wesley MK, Sternbach IA, eds. Smoking and Women’s Health. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. :pp 165-81, 2008
Bib#: 3698 Language: E

Genetic factors underlying risks of radiation-associated cancers
Yoshida K, Hayashi T, Morishita Y, Nagamura H, Maki M, Sora M, Imai K, Kusunoki Y, Nakachi K
Nagasaki Igakkai Zasshi [Nagasaki Medical Journal] 83(Special issue) :254-8, 2008 (Proceedings of the 49th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 2008)
Bib#: 3727 Language: J