Adult stature in relation to childhood exposure to the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

J.L. Belsky and W.J. Blot

American Journal of Public Health, 1975, vol. 65, issue 5, 489-494

Abstract: Height and weight measurements were obtained for adults who were under age 18 at the time of the atomic explosion of 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Adult height was found to be significantly lowered among Hiroshima survivors.

Date: 1975
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