... radiation-related diseases. Circulatory diseases accounted for nearly half of the deaths. Between 1950 and 1990, the studies say that 15,633 deaths had occurred from the other diseases. Also digestive diseases, including liver disease, and respiratory diseases each accounted for about 10% of the total. Studies show that between 140 and 280 deaths had happened form radiation exposure alone. Survivors ... the genes of the bone marrow cells that produce erythrocytes. Research by scientists using recent molecular biology techniques is revealing that human cancers are caused by gene mutation...

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