FREQUENCY OF MARRIAGE AND LIVE BIRTH AMONG SURVIVORS PRENATALLY EXPOSED TO THE ATOMIC BOMB

1 August 1975

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Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology

Vol. 102 (2) , 128-136
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112140

Abstract

Blot. W. J.. Y. Shimizu, H. Kato and R. W. Miller (ABCC. 5-2 Hijiyama Park, Hiroshima 730. Japan). Frequency of marriage and live birth among survivors prenatally exposed to the atomic bomb. Am J Epidemiol 102:128–136, 1975.—Frequency of marriage and birth as of January 1973 was determined for persons exposed in utero tothe atomic bombs in 1945 and for controls. The marriage rate was lower in persons heavily exposed in utero than in the non-exposed or lightly exposed. This difference is attributed partly to the lesser marriageability of persons with mental retardation who are significantly more numerous among the heavily exposed, and partly to unmeasured variables, possibly including social discrimination against survivors of the atomic bomb. No consistentrelation was observed between radiation exposure and three reproductive indices: childless marriages, number of births, and interval between marriage and first birth.

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