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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) incidents increasingly threaten public health, especially with the rise of unconventional weapons. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to psychological impacts. Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a key supportive intervention.
Maryam Shabany +4 more
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A scoping review on the mental health of disaster responders for natural disasters in Japan
This scoping review synthesized 55 studies (1997–2025) on the mental health of disaster responders in Japan following natural disasters. Mental health outcomes varied by occupation, with higher prevalence among healthcare workers, local government employees, and nuclear power plant workers, and lower prevalence among firefighters and JGSDF personnel ...
Yukari Ito +4 more
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Chernobyl accident: Causes, consequences and problems of radiation measurements [PDF]
General description of Chernobyl accident is given in the review. The accident causes are briefly described. Special attention is paid to radiation situation after the accident and radiation measurements problems.
Ustyantsev, Yu., Kortov, V.
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The specification and current status of the dosimetry problems in Ukraine at the late stage of the Chernobyl accident is given. There are: the permanent monitoring of the Chernobyl exposure doses for the inhabitances of the contaminated areas; the ...
I. A. Likhtarov
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Chernobyl-Related Cancer and Precancerous Lesions: Incidence Increase Vs. Late Diagnostics
The reported incidence of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents in Soviet Union before the Chernobyl accident was lower than in other developed countries. This is not clearly recognizable from the literature because comparisons of the high incidence
Sergei V. Jargin
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137Cs in reindeer forage plants 1986—1988
The entire Swedish reindeer area was to some extent contaminated by radionuclides after the accident at Chernobyl, USSR, in 1986.
Olof Eriksson
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This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
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The article contains radiation and hygienic evaluation of situation on the territories of Kaluga region, affected by the Chernobyl NPP accident immediately after the accident and in the present time.
A. A. Kruchinin +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Sirenomelia is a rare congenital condition most notably characterized by a single lower limb. Previous studies have suggested a prevalence of approximately 1 per 100,000 births. However, in Wales 17 cases were recorded between 1998 and 2016, suggesting a higher rate of sirenomelia in this country.
Chris Emmerson +30 more
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The 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident [PDF]
The nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in 1986 is described and a summary of its immediate effects on people and the environment outlined. Then there is a summary of the important parts of the literature on diseases and deaths resulting from ...
Simmons, Phil
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