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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

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