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The Chernobyl Accident and its Consequences [PDF]
Clinical Oncology, 2011 The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was the worst industrial accident of the last century that involved radiation. The unprecedented release of multiple different radioisotopes led to radioactive contamination of large areas surrounding the accident site.
V, Saenko +6 more
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Retrospective analysis of the radiation situation in the territory of the Oryol region
Радиационная гигиена, 2020 The article considers the radiation situation in the Oryol region 33 years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since 1998, certification has made it possible to assess the main indicators of the radiation situation in the region and ...
V. G. Simonova, L. I. Bublikova
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Traumatic Chernobyl: Women's Memories
Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, 2020 This article presents interviews with women who witnessed the Chernobyl tragedy; they were liquidators of the accident, evacuated, or displaced. The stories are stored in an archive, which has become a significant part of the activities of the Chernobyl ...
Svitlana Telukha
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Case Reports in Oncology, 2013 The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident resulted in radiation exposures throughout much of Europe, with the highest exposures within the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, where the accident occurred. We report a woman who was exposed to the Chernobyl accident at age
Kim Mayhall +5 more
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Are passive smoking, air pollution and obesity a greater mortality risk than major radiation incidents? [PDF]
, 2007 Background Following a nuclear incident, the communication and perception of radiation risk becomes a (perhaps the) major public health issue. In response to such incidents it is therefore crucial to communicate radiation health risks in the context of ...
Smith, Jim +3 more
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Thyroid Cancer After Chernobyl: Re-Evaluation Needed
Türk Patoloji Dergisi, 2021 Thyroid carcinoma in people exposed to radiation during their childhood and adolescence is the only solid cancer for which the incidence increase as a result of the Chernobyl accident is regarded to be proven. The main evidence in favor of a cause-effect
Sergei JARGIN
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Unusual evolution of tree frog populations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
Evolutionary Applications, 2022 Despite the ubiquity of pollutants in the environment, their long‐term ecological consequences are not always clear and still poorly studied. This is the case concerning the radioactive contamination of the environment following the major nuclear ...
Clément Car +11 more
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Радиационная гигиена, 2021 A lack of accessible information about the demand for domestic articles on the mitigation of consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early post-accident period necessitates referring to publications presented in ...
V. I. Evdokimov
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Медицина катастроф, 2020 The purpose of the study is to summarize the experience and identify the features of the organization and provision of specialized medical care (SpMP) to victims of the Chernobyl accident on the basis of the A. M.
Aleksanin, S.S. +6 more
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The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance in the Ukraine [PDF]
Using longitudinal data from the Ukraine we examine the extent of any long-lasting effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce.
Hartmut Lehmann, Jonathan Wadsworth
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