This is the 14th report in a series of periodic general reports on mortality in the Life Span
Study (LSS) cohort of atomic bomb survivors followed by the Radiation Effects Research …

Objective To investigate the degree to which ionising radiation confers risk of mortality from
heart disease and stroke. Design Prospective cohort study with more than 50 years of follow-…

This is the third analysis of solid cancer incidence among the Life Span Study (LSS) cohort
of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, adding eleven years of follow-up data …

Objective To evaluate the association between body mass index and mortality from overall
cardiovascular disease and specific subtypes of cardiovascular disease in east and south …

Background To determine whether intake of animal products was associated with a reduced
risk of stroke mortality in a large-scale population-based cohort in Japan. Methods A self-…

Cullings, HM, Fujita, S., Funamoto, S., Grant, EJ, Kerr, GD and Preston, DL Dose Estimation
for Atomic Bomb Survivor Studies: Its Evolution and Present Status. Radiat. Res. 166, 219–…

This paper provides the first comprehensive report on mortality by type of leukemia among
the Japanese atomic bomb survivors in the Life Span Study (LSS). Analyses include 310 …

Objective To assess the efficacy of glucosamine sulfate in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods
A 4‐center, 6‐month, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled glucosamine …

Importance Asia is home to the largest diabetic populations in the world. However, limited
studies have quantified the association of diabetes with all-cause and cause-specific mortality …

Described is a visible surface algorithm and an implementation that generates shaded display
of objects with hundreds of polygons rapidly enough for interactive use — several images …