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By M. Susan Lindee. 287 pp., illustrated. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1995. $29.95. ISBN 0-226-48237-5.

In 287 pages of text and photographs, M. Susan Lindee describes the early history of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Japan in some detail, with particular reference to its work on possible radiation-induced genetic effects. She appropriately identifies many of the early cross-cultural problems and some obvious errors in the organization and implementation of a large binational epidemiologic study financed by the United States and principally directed by a very competent group of American investigators. Throughout the book, she implies that organizational deficiencies, internal dissension, American research practices, and a policy of not treating atomic-bomb survivors may have contributed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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