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

• Main Authors: Seong-geun Moon (Author), Ansun Jeong (Author), Yunji Han (Author), Jin-Wu Nam (Author), Mi Kyung Kim (Author), Inah Kim (Author), Yu-Mi Kim (Author), Boyoung Park (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 an...