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Malformations in a Chornobyl-Impacted Region

Pediatrics, 2010
OBJECTIVE:One of the populations most exposed to chronic low-dose radiation from Chornobyl (Chernobyl in Russian) lives in Polissia, the region representing the northern half of Rivne Province (Oblast) in Ukraine. Here the patterns and population rates of malformations are reported and possible etiologic factors and regional contrasts are explored ...
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Living in the Shadow of Chornobyl

Science, 2001
MINSK, BELARUS, AND KYIV, UKRAINE-- Fifteen years after the world9s worst nuclear accident, the entire population of Ukraine and Belarus--human and animal (see p. 421)--is involuntarily taking part in a decades-long experiment on the effects of radiation.
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Chornobyl radiation—congenital anomalies: A persisting dilemma

Congenital Anomalies, 2020
AbstractWe report population prevalence rates of neural tube defects (NDT) and microcephaly (MIC) as well as levels of incorporated Cs137 by pregnant women in two areas of the Rivne Province of Ukraine, a northern half (Polissia) polluted by Chornobyl radiation and not‐Polissia areas.
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Linking bioenergetics and radiation dose in Chornobyl rodents

Journal of Experimental Biology
ABSTRACT High metabolic rate may provide fitness benefits for individuals. But high metabolic rates incur energetic costs and the need to ingest more food, increasing the risks of ingesting harmful substances from the environment. How organisms respond to elevated ionizing radiation is an important question in the light of pollution from
Zbyszek Boratyński   +8 more
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Слідами CHORNOBYL

2020
Посібник підготовлено колективом авторів з різних наукових та освітніх галузей як цикл уроків міждисциплінарного освітнього проекту "Слідами CHORNOBYL". На прикладі Чорнобильської техногенної катастрофи розглянуто фізичні та енергетичні основи роботи атомного реактора, хімічні та екологічні заходи з ліквідації наслідків аварії, а також її історичне та ...
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Childhood leukemia in Ukraine after the Chornobyl accident

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics, 2019
This population-based ecological study analyzes the prevalence of childhood leukemia in Ukraine before and after the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident, based on the contamination status of the territory, time period, gender, and age. Three regions-Zhytomyr, Kyiv (except Kyiv city), and Chernihiv were included as areas contaminated by radioactive ...
T. F. Liubarets   +8 more
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Health Consequences of the Chornobyl Accident

Science, 2001
The news focus article “Living in the shadow of Chornobyl” by Richard Stone (20 Apr., p. [420][1]) serves to remind us that the health consequences of an accident that took place 15 years ago are still occurring. In the article, however, Stone reports that the incidence of thyroid cancer in children rose as early as 1 year after the accident.
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Leukemia. Radiation. Chornobyl (Oncohematological Consequences of the Chornobyl Catastrophe)

2020
Daniil Gluzman   +4 more
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Reading the Chornobyl Catastrophe Within Ecofiction

Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Maryna Vardanian
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