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RERF Glossary

Following are terms, names, and abbreviations used frequently in the work of RERF scientists, as well as definitions of the major study populations being followed by RERF. Select a highlighted term to read its definition.

A	A-bomb Survivors Medical Treatment Law Atomic Bomb Survivors Support Law Absolute risk Adult Health Study (AHS) ATB Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) Attributable risk
B	Background radiation Biological significance Blue Ribbon Panel
C	Chromosome mutation; balanced structural rearrangements Commentary and Review Series (CR) Confidence limits and confidence intervals (error bars) Crow Committee
D	Darling, George B. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) Deviance Distally exposed DNA fingerprint Dose, organ Dose response Dose response, linear Dose response, linear-quadratic Dose, threshold Dosimetry System 2002 (DS02) Dosimetry System 1986 (DS86)
E	Electron spin resonance (ESR) method Epicenter Epilation Ethics Committee for Genome Research Etiology Excess relative risk Excess risk
F	First generation (F₁) born to atomic-bomb survivors Fission products Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) Francis Committee Free-in-air kerma
G	Germ-cell mutation Giemsa-staining method Gray (Gy)
H	Honseki Human genome at 4 levels of detail Hypocenter
I	Incidence International Classification of Diseases (ICD) In utero study sample Inversion (chromosome mutation) Ionization
J	Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) Japanese National Institute of Health (JNIH)
K	Kerma
L	Life Span Study (LSS) Lifetime risk
M	Marker gene Master sample Metaphase chromosome Microsatellite Minisatellite
N	NIC Ni-Hon-San cardiovascular study
P	Pathogenesis Pathology study Petechia Prevalence Proximally exposed Purpura
R	Radiation, alpha Radiation, beta Radiation, gamma Radiation, neutron Radiation, X Radon Regression analysis Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) Relative risk RERF Report (RR) RERF Update Research Protocols (RP)
S	Sievert (Sv) Significant radiation dose Somatic mutation Statistical significance
T	Technical Report Series (TR) Tentative 1965 dosimetry (T65D) Translocation (chromosome mutation) Tumor registries Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of DNA
U	US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) US Department of Energy (DOE) US National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-National Research Council (NRC)