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Height and weight data on survivors of the
atomic explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki have
Final evaluation of stature andskeletal age will
be postponed until all the exposed children have
reached the age of 21 to ensure that all are fully
been recently reexamined by the Atomic Bomb
mature.
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Figure 21. Statural growth and skeletal growth data for
boys exposed at age <5 years. Dashed lines show minimum to maximum spread for unexposed peer group.
Arrow indicates start of thyroxine treatment. Subjects: e,
No. 2; ©, No. 19; m@, No. 23; o, No. 32; a, No. 54; c, No.
3; a, No. 5.
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Figure 22. Same data as in Figure 22, for girls. Subjects:
e@, No. 17; 0, No. 21; a, No. 33; a, No. 42; a, No. 69;
a, No. 65.
Tabie 16
Summary Data on Children Exposed Jn Uterv.
Subject
No. & Sex
Trimester
at exposure
83M
third
84 M
85 M
86 F
500b125
third
second
first
Stature
slightly tall
slightly smail
normal
normal
Head
circumference
large
normal
small
normal
Skeletal
maturation
slightly advanced
normal
"slightly retarded
normal