Interactive Effects between Radiation and Other Factors on Cancer Risk among A-Bomb Survivors — an Overview of RERF Studies

A Review of Forty-Five Years Study of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Atomic Bomb Survivors II. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS

Abstract

This paper reviews RERF cancer studies conducted to examine interactive effects between radiation and epidemiological risk factors, including smoking habits, occupation, dietary habits and OB/GYN history. Special emphasis is placed on a review of studies of interactive effects between cigarette smoking and radiation on lung cancer risk. Comments on these studies are made and proposals for future studies are presented.