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Original Article

Apparently Beneficial Effect of Low to Intermediate Doses of A-bomb Radiation on Human Lifespan

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Pages 1035-1043 | Received 21 Dec 1989, Accepted 16 May 1990, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Summary

Among about 100 000 A-bomb survivors registered at Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 290 male subjects exposed to 50–149 cGy showed significantly lower mortality from non-cancerous diseases than age-matched unexposed males. This was deduced from the fitting of a U-shaped dose—response relationship. Reasons for this effect in males, but not in females, are discussed with reference to selection of individuals and to hormesis.

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