Japanese atomic bomb survivor study

["Shailendra Shukla" <shukla@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu>]

June 27 issue of Chronicle of Higher Education reports a Japanese 
study of the bomb survivors that shows, in addition to the cancer 
incidents, a higher rate of non-cancer effects (cardiovascular, early 
menopause in women, etc. ) in populations exposed to radiation 
compared to a control group.  

Curiously, at least to me, this article does not mention the life 
expectancies of either group. 

Any comment from people knowledgeable with this study will be highly 
enlightening.

Shailendra Shukla