The Medical Effects of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
Medical aspect
The Effects of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing on the Human Body
Acute phase
Rate of deaths due to the atomic bomb
Frequency of acute symptoms
Epilation
Colon
Bone marrow
Early phase of late effects
Keloid
Atomic bomb cataract
Chromosomal aberrations
Microcephaly
Late atomic bomb effects
Leukemia
Thyroid cancer
Breast cancer
Stomach cancer
Excess relative risk of malignant tumors by site
Multiple primary cancers
Mental effects
Physical aspect
Physical damages
Map of damage
Physical effects
Blast wind
Heat rays
Radiation
Epidemiology
Atomic bomb survivor database
Estimation of radiation dose using the ESR signal from teeth
Radiation dose and death rate
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Epilation
A Epilation
B:Longitudinal section of the hair
   and hair follicle
The hair and hair follicle
A: Age 18, female, exposed about 1.1 km from the hypocenter,
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B: In the areas of epilation, the hair matrix including the dermal hair papilla that are the mother cells of the hair, and the connecting inner and outer root sheaths are severely affected.
C: Period of appearance of epilation and hemorrhage (deaths : total)
Period of appearance
Although some survivors suffered epilation as early as one week after the bombing, the majority of cases occurred in the third week thereafter. The epilation was often complicated by subcutaneous hemorrhage. (The hair returned to normal in most survivors after 12 to 14 weeks.)
D: Frequency of epilation and hemorrhage (by distance from hypocenter)
Frequency
The frequency of epilation showed a close correlation with distance from the hypocenter, the number of cases increasing the closer the survivors were to the hypocenter at the time of the bombing.
Atomic Bomb Disease Institute