ee, eR
To
28
Height and weight data on survivors of the
Final evaluation of stature and skeletal age will
be postponed until all the exposed children have
reached the age of 2! to ensure that all are fully
- atomic explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki have
been recently reexamined by the Atomic Bomb
mature.
Casualty Commission.44 Analysis of the final
200 ;
T
T
T
T
——s
180 -
160 +
140 >
Stature (em)
Z 1202 100 -
= 80
60+
4
50
-
40
4
40
1
4
20 l
20 |
0!
Le
3
20
Skeletal age (years)
Hf
L
10
A
1S
Age (years)
TT
T
_L
20
0
25
4
1
§
1
10
_t
13
Age(years)
zi
20
23
T
13
7
10+
4
4
e
a
Ss
&
a
SF
:
=
x
P
rs
41
5
!
10
i.
i
15
20
Age (years)
-
1
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; @, No. 23; o, No. 32; a, No. 54; g, No.
3; a, No. 5.
i
5
ft
10
15
Age(years)
I
20
Figure 22. Same data as in Figure 22,for girls. Subjects:
e, No. 17; 0, No. 21; a, No. 33; a, No. 42; =, No. 69;
CO, No. 65.
Table 16
Summary Data on Children Exposed /n Utero
Subject
No. & Sex
83M
84 M
85 M
86F
Trimester
at exposure
Stature
third
slightly tall
second
first
normal
normal
third
slightly small
Head
circumference
Skeletal
maturation
large
slightly advanced
small
normal
slightly retarded
normal
normal
normal