@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00047256, author = {J, Grant Eric and Ozasa, Kotaro and Ban, Nobuhiko and Berrington, de González Amy and Cologne, John and M, Cullings Harry and Doi, Kazutaka and Furukawa, Kyoji and Imaoka, Tatsuhiko and Kodama, Kazunori and Nakamura, Nori and Niwa, Otsura and L, Preston Dale and Rajaraman, Preetha and Sadakane, Atsuko and Saigusa, Shin and Sakata, Ritsu and Sobue, Tomotaka and Sugiyama, Hiromi and Ullrich, Robert and Wakeford, Richard and Yasumura, Seiji and M, Milder Caitlin and E, Shore Roy and 土居 主尚 and 今岡 達彦 and 三枝 新}, issue = {5}, journal = {Health Physics}, month = {May}, note = {The RERF International Low-Dose Symposium was held on December 5-6, 2013, at the RERF campus in Hiroshima, Japan, to discuss the issues facing the LSS and other low-dose studies. Topics included current status of low-dose risk detection, strategies for low-dose epidemiological and statistical research, methods to improve communication between epidemiologists and biologists, and current status of radiological studies and tools. Key points made by the participants included the necessity of pooling materials over multiple studies to gain greater insight where data from single studies is insufficient, generating models that reflect epidemiological, statistical, and biological principles simultaneously, understanding confounders and effect modifiers in the current data, and taking into consideration less studied factors such as the impact of dose rate. It is the hope of all participants that this symposium be used as a trigger for further studies, especially those using pooled data, in order to reach a greater understanding of the health effects of low-dose radiation.}, pages = {551--556}, title = {A Report from the 2013 International Symposium: The Evaluation of the Effects of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure in the Life Span Study of Atomic Bomb Survivors and Other Similar Studies}, volume = {108}, year = {2015} }