Children of the Atomic Bomb : An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, and the Marshall Islands /

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Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazaki's account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children, particularly the children conceived but not yet born at the time of the explosions. Assigned in 1949 as Physician in Charge of the United States At...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yamazaki, James N. (Author), Fleming, Louis B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Yamazaki, James N.
Yamazaki, James N
Kinderen.
Hirosjima.
Nagasaki.
Kernwapens.
Pediatricians.
Atomic bomb victims > Medical care.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
nuclear wars.
infants.
children (people by age group)
Mal des rayons.
Guerre nucleaire.
Nourrissons.
Enfants.
Pediatrie.
Victimes de bombardements atomiques > Soins medicaux > Japon > Nagasaki.
Victimes de bombardements atomiques > Soins medicaux > Japon > Hiroshima.
Pediatres > États-Unis > Biographies.
Radiation Injuries
Radiation Effects
Nuclear Warfare
Infant
Child
Pediatrics
Radiation injuries.
Nuclear warfare.
Infants.
Children.
Pediatrics.
Atomic bomb victims > Medical care > Marshall Islands.
Atomic bomb victims > Medical care > Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Atomic bomb victims > Medical care > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Pediatricians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Marshall Islands.
Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by John W. Dower
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. Nagasaki
  • Chapter 2. Born in America
  • Chapter 3. Pearl Harbor's Impact
  • Chapter 4. Love and War in 1944
  • Chapter 5. Homecoming and the Bomb
  • Chapter 6. To Japan at Last
  • Chapter 7. Getting Organized
  • Chapter 8. The Thunderbolt
  • Chapter 9. Expanding Research
  • Chapter 10. Through Guileless Eyes
  • Chapter 11. Lobbying and Researching
  • Chapter 12. Emerging Answers
  • Chapter 13. The Genetic Puzzle
  • Chapter 14. Farewell in Hiroshima
  • ""The Peacemaker""
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Notes.

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