Fallout from Chernobyl Thyroid cancer in children increased dramatically in Belarus

In our study, the effect of radiation exposure from other sources was taken into account by comparison of the incidence of childhood leukaemia in the same regions before and after the accident at Chernobyl. Since background radiation is fairly constant in different parts of Finland and was fairly co...

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Published in:BMJ 1994-11, Vol.309 (6964), p.1298-1301
Main Author: Williams, E D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Child, Preschool
Chromosomes
Hospitals
Humans
Letter
Metastasis
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology
Nuclear accidents & safety
Occupational diseases
Population
Power Plants
Radioactive Fallout
Radioactive Hazard Release
Radioisotopes
Republic of Belarus - epidemiology
Scandinavian studies
Thyroid cancer
Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology
Ukraine
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Summary:In our study, the effect of radiation exposure from other sources was taken into account by comparison of the incidence of childhood leukaemia in the same regions before and after the accident at Chernobyl. Since background radiation is fairly constant in different parts of Finland and was fairly constant over the period covered by our study, its effect was taken into account in the analysis. [...]we could exclude only an effect larger than 40% per mSv (or, in terms of numbers of cases, eight or more extra cases a year).
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.309.6964.1298