Report of ad hoc committee for appraisal of ABCC Program, 1955
ABCC Technical Report 33-59
T Francis Jr, S Jablon, FE Moore
Introduction
・Function and purpose
・Present status
Synopsis of the present major programs
Hiroshima
・Adult Medicine
ME74
ME55
・Pediatrics
ME74(PED)
PE57
・Pathology
・Laboratory
・Statistics
Census Activities ST85
ME65
ST70
ST82
Analytic
Nagasaki
・Adult Medicine
・Pediatrics
PE86
・Pathology
・Laboratory
・Statistics
Recommendation for support
・Unified central program
・Controls
・Definition of population classes
Exposed
Proximal exposed
Proximal exposed with symptoms
Distal exposed
Nonexposed
・Population base for study
・Epidemiologic detection network
・Clinical detection program
・Postmortem detection program
・Laboratory program
・Death certificate study
Definition of study groups
Significance of honseki requirement
Size of sample
Source of sample lists
Follow-up
Information on cause of death
Time and cost estimates
・Staff requirements at ABCC
・Other considerations
Continuity
Recruitment
Information services
New directions
Summary