OPHTHALMOLOGIC CHANGES RELATED TO RADIATION EXPOSURE AND AGE IN ADULT HEALTH STUDY SAMPLE, HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
OPHTHALMOLOGIC CHANGES RELATED TO RADIATION EXPOSURE AND AGE IN ADULT HEALTH STUDY SAMPLE, HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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DOI:
10.2307/3576122
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
OTAKE, M
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作者:
CHOSHI, K;TAKAKU, I;OTAKE, M
A 2-yr ophthalmologic study of age and radiation-related ophthalmologic lesions among the atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was conducted in 1978-1980. The study sample in both cities was composed of all persons exposed to 100+ rad, their controls and all other persons with a previous record of axial opacities or posterior subcapsular changes. Most losses were due to persons who refused to participate or for whom it was not possible to arrange for an ophthalmologic examination at the time of the regularly scheduled medical examination. The loss of persons in the control and the 100+ rad groups did not change systematically with increasing age by city. Increased lenticular opacities, other lens changes and loss of visual acuity and accommodation occurred with increasing age in exposed and control subjects as manifestations of the normal aging process. A highly significant excess risk for all age categories in the 300+ rad group in comparison to those in the control group was observed for axial opacities and posterior subcapsular changes in Hiroshima, but not in Nagasaki. A stronger radiosensitive aging effect for persons who were 15 yr old at the time of the bombing (ATB) was observed for axial opacities and posterior subcapsular changes in Hiroshima.