Other Epidemiological Surveys of Children of Atomic Bomb Survivors

The Radiation Effects Research Foundation has been conducting follow-up surveys to ascertain whether parents' radiation exposure increases their children's incidence or prevalence rates of lifestyle-related diseases, which are multifactorial disorders. The Foundation has so far conducted a survey of development of malignant tumors by the age of 20,¹ a survey of cancer,^2,3 and a survey of lifestyle-related diseases,⁴ but none of them revealed specific radiation effects.

1. Y. Yoshimoto et al.: Am J Hum Genet 46: 1041-1052, 1990.
2. S. Izumi et al.: Br J Cancer 89: 1709-13, 2003.
3. E. Grant et al.: Lancet Oncol 16: 1316-23, 2015.
4. S Fujiwara et al.: Radiat Res 170: 451-7, 2008.

• Included in this reference material on February 28, 2018
• Updated on March 31, 2023