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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data

The children of atomic bomb survivors : a genetic study/edited by James V.Neel and William J.Schull.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Children of atomic bomb victims—Health and hygiene—Japan— Hiroshima-shi. 2. Children of atomic bomb victims—Health and hygiene—Japan—Nagasaki-shi. 3. Radiation—Toxicology. 4. Genetic toxicology. I. Neel, James V. (James Van Gundia), 1915–. II. Schull, William J.

RA648.3.C49 1991 91–10042

614.5'909–dc20 CIP