Title: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The physical, medical, of the atomic bombings Publisher: Iwanami,Tokyo, Japan and social effects ~wt Publication Date: 1981 p 501-680 Document Type: Analytic of a Book Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB8211 Country of Origin: Japan Country of Publication: Japan Abstract: The activities of various survey and relief groups in the period immediately after the atomic bombings are reported. The researches on atomic bombing casualties and the publication of the results by Japanese scientists were greatly restricted during the occupation period, but the conditions improved in 1951, when the San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed. In 1954, a Japanese fishing boat was exposed to the fallout from the hydrogen bomb test carried out by the U.S. in Bikini atoll. Thereafter, many national and international works concerning the use of radiation have been carried out in Japan. The status of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 is reported. Especially the medical care soon after the bombings, and keloid treatment and A-bomb disease treatment thereafter are described. The guidelines for medical treatment of A-bomb aftereffects was drafted, medical care law was enacted. governments and the A-bomb victims The policies of the government and local for A-bomb victims, and the movements of citizens against atomic weapons, especially peace education, are described. The tests of the Peace Declaration in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1980, respectively, are reprinted as the appendix. Also the chronology from 1945 to 1978 on the events related to atomic bombing damages is given. ; Major Descriptors: *A-BOMB SURVIVORS -- MEDICAL RECORDS; *HIROSHIMA -- RADIATION HAZARDS; *NAGASAKI -- NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; *NAGASAKI -RADIATION HAZARDS; *NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT -- NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; *NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT -- NUCLEAR WEAPONS Descriptors: ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; MEDICINE; THERMAL RADIATION; VICTIMS COMPENSATION Broader Terms: ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CONTROL; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPLOSIONS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; JAPAN; POPULATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; SURVETLLANCE; WEAPONS Subject Categories: 990500* -- Civilian Defense -- (-1987) INIS Subject Categories: C52* -- Radiation Hazards & Safety Evaluations of Nuclear Installations (Item 397 from file: Author(s): Kerwin, W.T. Title: Operation Redwing, Corporate Source: Publication Date: Report Number(s): Document Type: Availability: Operation Order Number 1-56, Kaman Tempo, Santa Barbara, 1 Aug 1982 p 140 AD-A-995170/8 CA Task Group 7.1 (USA) Report Language: English Journal Announcement: Subfile: 103) ERA-08-027339; EDB-83-078379 NTIS, ERA EDB8304 PC AO7/MF AOl. (Energy Research Abstracts). Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: No abstract available.; Major Descriptors: *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; *REDWING PROJECT -- PLANNING Descriptors: METEOROLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; TESTING Broader Terms: EXPLOSIONS Subject Categories: 450200* -- Military Technology, Defense -- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives 10/5/698 (Item 398 from file: 103) Weaponry, & National 9003901 10/5/697 01178345