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Mortality from cancer and non-cancer diseases in the Lithuanian cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers (2001-2020). [PDF]
Int J CancerWhat's new? Following the Chernobyl disaster, workers were recruited from formerly Soviet‐occupied areas, including Lithuania, to participate in clean‐up efforts. Radiation exposure incurred by workers during these efforts offers a unique opportunity for the study of long‐term health effects.
Steponaviciene R +3 more
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Radioactive contamination in Chernobyl and (epi)genetic stability of plants – A review [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2020 Rapid industrial and agricultural development brought, besides the indisputable advances, also risks related to the environmental pollution. Widespread soil deterioration represents a global problem.
Veronika Lancíková, Jana Žiarovská
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Altered copy number of certain highly repetitive regions of the genome, such as satellite DNA within heterochromatin and ribosomal RNA loci (rDNA), is hypothesized to help safeguard the genome against damage derived from external stressors. We quantified
Toni Jernfors +8 more
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Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2020 This study addresses a significant data deficiency in the developing environmental protection framework of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, namely a lack of radionuclide transfer data for some of the Reference Animals and Plants ...
N. Beresford +6 more
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Chernobyl, Chornobyl and Anthropocentric Narrative
Series. International journal of tv serial narratives, 2021 This article examines the representation of animals in the drama series Chernobyl (2019). In doing so it evidences anthropocentric narrative; that is, story-telling in which the prioritisation of the human and human-centred matters are normalised ...
Brett Mills
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Field effects studies in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Lessons to be learnt.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2020 In the initial aftermath of the 1986 Chernobyl accident there were detrimental effects recorded on wildlife, including, mass mortality of pine trees close to the reactor, reduced pine seed production, reductions in soil invertebrate abundance and ...
N. Beresford, E. Scott, D. Copplestone
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Levels of caesium-137 in food of animal origin in Poland
Journal of Veterinary Research, 2023 Radioactive contamination of the environment is one of the greatest threats after a nuclear accident due to released radionuclides. From a radiotoxicological point of view, the most important radionuclide is caesium-137.
Gembal Magdalena +3 more
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Chernobyl as Technoscience [PDF]
Technology and Culture, 2020 This essay considers the TV miniseries Chernobyl (HBO, 2019) to engage in a wider debate on the social and institutional production of techno-science. It explores whether the series resonates with the existing narratives and interpretations of Soviet technoscience in scholarly historiography.
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DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASES OF STUDENTS
Освітній вимір, 2009 The problem of improvement of health in the training of future rescuers for professional activity is viewed, which is connected with the complex of factors of the worsening of young people's health.
O.M. Chernenko, O.O. Lysenko
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‘Gaoth Anoir’ le Conleth Ellis agus an ré iar-Chernobyl
COMHARTaighde, 2021 Téann an t‑alt seo i ngleic leis an dán fada ‘Gaoth Anoir’ leis an fhile dátheangach Conleth Ellis. Pléann an dán an saol tar éis an phléasctha i bhfreasaitheoir uimhir a ceathair i stáisiún núicléach Chernobyl ar an 26 Aibreán 1986. Foilsíodh an dán den
Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
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