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.
EUp: Original English article published in RERF Update

CTLA-4 polymorphism relates to Japanese IDDMs with ketosis at onset or islet specific antibodies
Abe T, Takino H, Yamasaki H, Ozaki M, Sera Y, Kondo H, Kawasaki E, Akazawa S, Awata T, Nagataki S, Eguchi K, Yamaguchi Y
Diabetes 47 (Supplement 1):A225, 1998 (Abstract book for the 58th Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 13-16 June 1998)
Bib#: 2529 Language: E

Transient thyrotoxicosis around Chernobyl (Letter to the editor)
Ashizawa K, Krupnik T, Nagataki S, Yamashita S
Thyroid 8:535-6, 1998
Bib#: 2524 Language: E

Results of 5-year childhood thyroid screening around Chernobyl
Ashizawa K, Yamashita S, Ito M, Namba H, Izumi M, Hoshi M, Shibata Y, Nagataki S
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:340-3, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2481 Language: J

T cells specific for a polymorphic segment of CD45 induce graft-versus-host disease with predominant pulmonary vasculitis
Chen W, Chatta GS, Rubin WD, Clark JG, Hackman RC, Madtes DK, Ligitt DH, Kusunoki Y, Martin PJ, Cheever MA
J Immunol 161:909-18, 1998
Bib#: 2537 Language: E

An introduction to “A Song Among the Ruins”
Dowling JE
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:5423, 1998 (Symposium: “A Song Among the Ruins: 50 Years of Japanese/Academy Cooperative Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors,” Washington, DC, 30 April 1997)
Bib#: 2514 Language: E

Follow-up study of A-bomb survivors living in the US using the National Death Index (NDI)
Fujita Y, Mabuchi K, Ito C
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:299-301, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2478 Language: J

Concept and epidemiology of osteoporosis
Fujiwara S
Rinsho Kagaku [J Clin Sci] 34:1298-304, 1998
Bib#: 2572 Language: J

Risk factors and preventive strategy
Fujiwara S
Nippon Rinsho [Jpn J Clin Med] 56:1569-73, 1998
Bib#: 2487 Language: J(E/Ab)

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among atomic bomb survivors
Fujiwara S, Cologne JB, Akahoshi M, Kodama K, Kusumi S, Yoshizawa H, Nagataki S
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:344-5, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2482 Language: J

Rates of change in spinal bone density among Japanese women
Fujiwara S, Fukunaga M, Nakamura T, Chen J, Shiraki M, Hashimoto T, Yoh K, Nakamura T, Mizunuma H, Tomomitsu T, Kasagi F, Masunari N, Orimo H
Calcif Tissue Int 63:202-7, 1998
Bib#: 2573 Language: E

Epidemiology of osteoporosis and its prevention
Fujiwara S, Hosoi T, Matsumoto T
Jin to Kotsutaisha [Kidney and Metabolic Bone Disease] 11:181-94, 1998
Bib#: 2540 Language: J

The distribution and possible population bias of the HLA class II genotype frequencies among atomic-bomb survivors
Hayashi T, Koyama K, Nagamura H, Kusunoki Y, Hirai Y, Kyoizumi S, Seyama T, Nakamura N, Kodama K
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:369-72, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2486 Language: J

Study of the thyroid gland tumors among atomic-bomb survivors, 1950-1990
Hayashi Y, Tsuda N, Tokunaga M, Tokuoka S, Preston DL, Mabuchi K
Nihon Byori Gakkai Kaishi [Proc Jpn Soc Pathol] 87(1):368, 1998 (Abstract)
Bib#: 3037 Language: J

Study on items of medical examination for A-bomb survivors resident in the U.S. –Based on causes of death and age at death
Ito C, Sasaki H, Mabuchi K, Fujita Y
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:308-10, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2480 Language: J

Study of association between low-dose radiation exposure and disease prevalence
Kasagi F, Kodama K, Fujiwara S, Yamada M
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 43-4
Bib#: 2509 Language: J

Medical radiation exposures of atomic bomb survivors
Kato K, Russell WJ, Kodama K
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 51-72
Bib#: 2562 Language: E

Treatment of rheumatoid diseases–present state and new possibilities
Kiriyama T, Eguchi K, Nagataki S
Animus No. 9 Winter:27-31, 1998
Bib#: 2535 Language: J

Studies on cardiovascular diseases in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Kodama K, Kasagi F
In: Epidemiology Handbook. Ed by Yanagawa H, Tanaka H, Inada H, Tominaga S (General editors). Tokyo, Nankodo, 1998. pp 189-91
Bib#: 2495 Language: J

Risk factors of coronary heart disease in the elderly and their trend
Kodama K, Kasagi F
Nihon Junkanki Kanri Kenkyu Kyogikai Zasshi [J Jpn Assoc Cerebro-Cardiovasc Dis Control] 33:221-9, 1998
Bib#: 2590 Language: J(E/Ab)

Epidemiology of coronary heart disease
Kodama K, Kasagi F
In: Epidemiology Handbook. Ed by Yanagawa H, Tanaka H, Inada H, Tominaga S (General editors). Tokyo, Nankodo, 1998. pp 94-103
Bib#: 2498 Language: J

Characteristic changes of large granular lymphocytes that strongly express CD56 in endometrium during the menstrual cycle and early pregnancy
Kodama T, Hara T, Okamoto E, Kusunoki Y, Ohama K
Hum Reproduct 13:1036-43, 1998
Bib#: 2520 Language: E

Prevention of marrow graft rejection without induction of graft-versus-host disease by a cytotoxic T-cell clone that recognizes recipient alloantigens
Kusunoki Y, Chen W, Martin PJ
Blood 91:4038-44, 1998
Bib#: 2519 Language: E

Effects of atomic-bomb radiation on human immune responses. (13) Study on repertoire of T lymphocyte antigen receptors
Kusunoki Y, Yamaoka M, Maki M, Saito C, Suzuki T, Hirai Y, Kyoizumi S, Seyama T, Kodama K
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:364-8, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2485 Language: J

Standardization of the clinical diagnosis of the dementia syndrome and its subtypes in a cross-national study: The Ni-Hon-Sea experience
Larson EB, McCurry SM, Graves AB, Bowen JD, Rice MM, McCormick WC, Zee N, Homma A, Imai Y, White LR, Masaki K, Petrovitch H, Ross W, Yamada M, Mimori Y, Sasaki H
J Gerontol 53A:M313-9, 1998
Bib#: 2571 Language: E

Tumor registries and cancer incidence studies
Mabuchi K
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 117-29
Bib#: 2546 Language: E

A multimutation model for cancer based on age-time patterns of radiation effects: 2. Biological aspects
Mendelsohn ML, Pierce DA
In: Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control (Invited Papers and Discussions). Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998. pp 123-33 (Proceedings of an International Conference on Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control, jointly organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization, in co-operation with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, Seville, Spain, 17-21 November 1997)
Bib#: 2587 Language: E

Study of cognitive function disturbance in atomic bomb survivors of advanced age
Mimori Y, Yamada M
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 31-2
Bib#: 2506 Language: J

ret rearrangements in Japanese pediatric and adult papillary thyroid cancers
Motomura T, Nikiforov YE, Namba H, Ashizawa K, Nagataki S, Yamashita S, Fagin JA
Thyroid 8:485-9, 1998
Bib#: 2523 Language: E

My involvement with radiation
Nagataki S
Roka to Shikkan [Aging Dis] 11:112-114, 1998
Bib#: 2541 Language: J

On Criteria 1998 for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus by American Diabetes Association
Nagataki S
Practice 15:410-2, 1998
Bib#: 2531 Language: J

Cause of childhood thyroid cancer after the Chernobyl accident
Nagataki S, Ashizawa K, Yamashita S
Thyroid 8:115-7, 1998
Bib#: 2472 Language: E

Effect of solar light in estimating the radiation dose of tooth enamel by electron spin resonance (ESR)
Nakamura N, Miyazawa C
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 80-1
Bib#: 2511 Language: J

A correlation between translocation-type chromosome aberration frequency and ESR-estimated dose in tooth enamel of atomic bomb survivors
Nakamura N, Miyazawa C, Sawada S, Akiyama M, Awa AA
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:361-3, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2484 Language: J

Biodosimetry of atomic bomb survivors by karyotyping, chromosome painting, and electron spin resonance
Nakamura N, Pawel DJ, Kodama Y, Nakano M, Ohtaki K, Miyazawa C, Awa AA
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 73-88
Bib#: 2543 Language: E

Genetic studies at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission-Radiation Effects Research Foundation: 1946-1997
Neel JV
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:5432-6, 1998 (Symposium: “A Song Among the Ruins: 50 Years of Japanese/Academy Cooperative Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors,” Washington, DC, 30 April 1997)
Bib#: 2517 Language: E

Studies on the genetic effects of the atomic bombs: past, present, and future
Neel JV, Asakawa J, Kuick R, Hanash SM, Satoh C
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 159-75
Bib#: 2548 Language: E

Syndrome X: Is it for real?
Neel JV, Julius S, Weder A, Yamada M, Kardia SLR, Haviland MB
Genet Epidemiol 15:19-32, 1998
Bib#: 2490 Language: E

Effect of redox state alteration on the transcriptional activation of insulin gene
Ozaki M, Yamasaki H, Takino H, Kondo H, Kawasaki E, Kondo T, Eguchi K, Nagataki S, Yamaguchi Y
Diabetes 47 (Supplement 1):A225, 1998 (Abstract book for the 58th Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 13-16 June 1998)
Bib#: 2530 Language: E

Statistical aspects of RERF cancer epidemiology
Pierce DA
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 91-9
Bib#: 2544 Language: E

A multimutation model for cancer based on age-time patterns of radiation effects: 1. Mathematical and epidemiological aspects
Pierce DA, Mendelsohn ML
In: Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control (Invited Papers and Discussions). Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998. pp 113-22 (Proceedings of an International Conference on Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control, jointly organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization, in co-operation with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, Seville, Spain, 17-21 November 1997)
Bib#: 2579 Language: E

Response to the letter of Bernard L. Cohen
Pierce DA, Shimizu Y, Preston DL, Vaeth M, Mabuchi K
Radiat Res 149:526-8, 1998
Bib#: 2475 Language: E

A historical review of leukemia risks in atomic bomb survivors
Preston DL
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 101-15
Bib#: 2545 Language: E

Low dose radiation and human health: Risk estimates
Preston DL
In: Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control (Invited Papers and Discussions). Vienna, Austria, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998. pp 217-29 (Proceedings of an International Conference on Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation: Biological Effects and Regulatory Control, jointly organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization, in co-operation with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, Seville, Spain, 17-21 November 1997)
Bib#: 2577 Language: E

The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in retrospect
Putnam FW
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:5426-31, 1998 (Symposium: “A Song Among the Ruins: 50 Years of Japanese/Academy Cooperative Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors,” Washington, DC, 30 April 1997)
Bib#: 2516 Language: E

RERF directors, supervisors, and scientific councilors (as of July 1998)
RERF
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:1165, 1998
Bib#: 2576 Language: J

Comments and recommendations of the 25th RERF Scientific Councilors Meeting
RERF
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:1077-82, 1998
Bib#: 2569 Language: J

Minutes of the 24th RERF Scientific Councilors Meeting
RERF
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:533-4, 1998
Bib#: 2532 Language: J

RERF bibliography of publications, 1997
RERF
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:769-72, 1998
Bib#: 2533 Language: J/E

Solid cancer incidence and mortality in the Life Span Study of atomic bomb survivors
Ron E, Preston DL, Mabuchi K
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 131-42
Bib#: 2547 Language: E

The somatic effects of exposure to atomic radiation: The Japanese experience, 1947-1997
Schull WJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:5437-41, 1998 (Symposium: “A Song Among the Ruins: 50 Years of Japanese/Academy Cooperative Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors,” Washington, DC, 30 April 1997)
Bib#: 2518 Language: E

Variation of cancer suppressor gene p53 increases dose-dependently
Seyama T, Iwamoto KS
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 12-3
Bib#: 2504 Language: J

Incidence of malignant tumors in atomic bomb survivors
Shibata Y
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 18-20
Bib#: 2505 Language: J

Atomic bomb survivors relief law
Shigematsu I
In: Effects of Ionizing Radiation. Ed by Peterson LE, Abrahamson S. Washington, DC, USA, Joseph Henry Press, 1998. pp 295-300
Bib#: 2549 Language: E

Radiation and health-lessons from atomic bomb survivors
Shigematsu I
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 39(Suppl. 1 to No.2):193-8, 1998
Bib#: 2567 Language: E

Greetings: 50 years of Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission-Radiation Effects Research Foundation studies
Shigematsu I
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:5424-5, 1998 (Symposium: “A Song Among the Ruins: 50 Years of Japanese/Academy Cooperative Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors,” Washington, DC, 30 April 1997)
Bib#: 2515 Language: E

Frequency of EB virus-infected cells among human peripheral lymphocytes estimated using PCR
Shimba H, Ban S, Kusunoki Y, Hirai Y, Hamatani K, Kyoizumi S, Seyama T
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:346-8, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2483 Language: J

Life span and cancer risk in atomic bomb survivors exposed to low-level radiation doses
Shimizu Y
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 41-2
Bib#: 2508 Language: J

Effect of ABCC-RERF Adult Health Study on life span
Soda M, Akahoshi M
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 36-7
Bib#: 2507 Language: J

Taira S, Hasegawa Y, Nishi S, Utsugi S, Maruyama E, Fujiwara S, Hirai Y, Uehara M, Miyata N
In: FY-1997 Health and Welfare Ministry Grant for Scientific Research-Supported Special Research Project, Summary Report of Research of Advance Evaluation and Ethical Aspects for the Conduct of Health Care Research. Hiroshima, Research Team of Advance Evaluation and Ethical Aspects for the Conduct of Health Care Research, 1998. 99 p
Bib#: 3357 Language: J

The nation-wide prevention study of Type 1 NIDDM in Japan
Takino H, Yamasaki H, Ozaki M, Abe T, Sera Y, Kondo H, Sakamaki H, Akazawa S, Eguchi K, Nagataki S, Yamaguchi Y
Diabetes 47 (Supplement 1):A225, 1998 (Abstract book for the 58th Scientific Sessions, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 13-16 June 1998)
Bib#: 2528 Language: E

Collection of materials exposed to atomic bomb radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (FY 1997)
Watanabe T, Yamashita T, Fujita S
In: FY-1997 Report of A-bomb Disease Research Teams. Tokyo, Nippon Koshueisei Kyokai [Jpn Public Health Assoc], 1998. pp 78-9
Bib#: 2510 Language: J

The adaptive response in radiation biology: Evolving insights
Wolff S
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:294-5, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2477 Language: J

Chromosomes in the assessment of the effects of low levels of genotoxic agents
Wolff S
Hum Exp Toxicol 17:625-32, 1998
Bib#: 2578 Language: E

Prevalence of dementia in the Adult Health Study population
Yamada M, Kasagi F, Kodama K, Mimori Y, Ikeda J, Nakamura S, Sasaki H
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:305-7, 1998 (Proceedings of the 38th Late A-bomb Effects Research Meeting, 1997)
Bib#: 2479 Language: J

Report on the results of the eleventh medical examination of atomic bomb survivors resident in North America
Yamakido M, Dohy H, Neriishi K, Nobuyoshi M, Sawamura A, Kataoka T, Sanada M, Kawamoto H, Kataoka M, Masui H, Watanabe T, Shiba N, Morino K, Hirata M, Kazama N, Fukuhara T
Hiroshima Igaku [J Hiroshima Med Assoc] 51:5-31, 1998
Bib#: 2473 Language: J/E

Anti-microsome (thyroid peroxidase) antibody, anti-thyroglobulin antibody
Yokoyama N, Nagataki S
In: A Guide to Clinical Examinations ’98. Ed by Medical Practice Editorial Committee. Tokyo, Bunkodo, 1998. pp 410-3
Bib#: 2536 Language: J