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Radiation Effects Research Foundation
URL: http://www.rerf.or.jp/

Description:
This site features reports and data from the "Japanese-United States organization focused on the study of health effects in survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Topics include early and late effects on survivors, prenatal radiation exposure, genetic studies, and cancer. Provides a FAQ, a glossary, and a fact sheet on radiation. In English and Japanese. Searchable.

Extra Keywords
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Atomic bomb -- Physiological effect
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Bombardment, 1945
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- Bombardment, 1945
Radiation -- Toxicology

LII Database Information:
Record 5282 created by Jennifer English on 09/04/2004
Last modification on 07/20/2005
Published: 09/04/2004  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5282