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Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea

In 1945, many Koreans, in addition to Japanese, were killed or injured by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This study compared the biological profiles of Korean atomic bomb survivors in residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea with those of a representative sample...

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Autores principales: Jhun, Hyung-Joon, Kim, Byoung-Gwon, Park, Jong-Tae, Kim, Su-Young, Koo, Bon-Min, Kim, Jin-Kook
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2610645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19119455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.6.1090
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author Jhun, Hyung-Joon
Kim, Byoung-Gwon
Park, Jong-Tae
Kim, Su-Young
Koo, Bon-Min
Kim, Jin-Kook
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Kim, Byoung-Gwon
Park, Jong-Tae
Kim, Su-Young
Koo, Bon-Min
Kim, Jin-Kook
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description In 1945, many Koreans, in addition to Japanese, were killed or injured by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This study compared the biological profiles of Korean atomic bomb survivors in residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea with those of a representative sample of Koreans obtained during a similar period. We evaluated anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, blood cell counts, blood chemistry, and urinalysis of survivors (n=414) and age- and sex-matched controls (n=414) recruited from the third Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2005. Univariate analyses revealed significantly higher systolic blood pressure, white blood cell count, and serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and aspartate aminotransferase levels (p<0.01) in the survivors. Conversely, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, red blood cell count, and the proportion of positive urine occult blood (p<0.01) were lower in the survivors. Our findings suggest that biological profiles of Korean atomic bomb survivors were adversely affected by radiation exposure.
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spelling pubmed-26106452008-12-31 Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea Jhun, Hyung-Joon Kim, Byoung-Gwon Park, Jong-Tae Kim, Su-Young Koo, Bon-Min Kim, Jin-Kook J Korean Med Sci Brief Communication In 1945, many Koreans, in addition to Japanese, were killed or injured by the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This study compared the biological profiles of Korean atomic bomb survivors in residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea with those of a representative sample of Koreans obtained during a similar period. We evaluated anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, blood cell counts, blood chemistry, and urinalysis of survivors (n=414) and age- and sex-matched controls (n=414) recruited from the third Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2005. Univariate analyses revealed significantly higher systolic blood pressure, white blood cell count, and serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and aspartate aminotransferase levels (p<0.01) in the survivors. Conversely, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, red blood cell count, and the proportion of positive urine occult blood (p<0.01) were lower in the survivors. Our findings suggest that biological profiles of Korean atomic bomb survivors were adversely affected by radiation exposure. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2008-12 2008-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2610645/ /pubmed/19119455 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.6.1090 Text en Copyright © 2008 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communication
Jhun, Hyung-Joon
Kim, Byoung-Gwon
Park, Jong-Tae
Kim, Su-Young
Koo, Bon-Min
Kim, Jin-Kook
Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
title Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
title_full Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
title_fullStr Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
title_full_unstemmed Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
title_short Biological Profiles of Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Residence at Daegu and Kyungbuk, Republic of Korea
title_sort biological profiles of korean atomic bomb survivors in residence at daegu and kyungbuk, republic of korea
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2610645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19119455
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2008.23.6.1090
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