The Biological and Medical Effects of Radiation
The Biological and Medical Effects of Radiation
The Biological and Medical Effects of Radiation
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A-bomb Survivors<br />
• Almost half <strong>of</strong> all leukemia cases in A-<br />
bomb survivors were attributable to<br />
radiation from the blast.<br />
• As <strong>of</strong> 1990, 4,565 solid cancer deaths.<br />
8% attributable to radiation.<br />
• As much as 70% <strong>of</strong> cancers from A-bomb<br />
radiation are expected to appear in the<br />
next 20 years.
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