Cohort Study Protocol: A Cohort of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors and Their Offspring.

ABSTRACT: In 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Approximately 70 000 Koreans are estimated to have been exposed to radiation from atomic bombs at that time. After Korea's Liberation Day, approximately 23 000 of these people returned to Korea. To investigate the long-term health and hereditary effects of atomic bomb exposure on the offspring, cohort studies have been conducted on atomic bomb survivors in Japan. This study is an ongoing cohort study to determine the health status of Korean atomic bomb survivors and investigate whether any health effects were inherited by their offspring. Atomic bomb survivors are defined by the Special Act On the Support for Korean Atomic Bomb Victims, and their offspring are identified by participating atomic bomb survivors. As of 2024, we pla

SUBMITTER: Moon SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature