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Specialized Medical Care for Victims of Chernobyl Accident: Specifics of Organization, Types and Volumes, Leading Classes of Diseases

open access: yesМедицина 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
doaj   +1 more source

Validity of thyroid cancer incidence data following the chernobyl accident

open access: yes, 2020
The only clearly demonstrated cancer incidence increase that can be attributed to radiation from the Chernobyl accident is thyroid carcinoma in patients exposed during childhood or adolescence.
Jargin S.V.
core   +2 more sources

Chernobyl accident − consequences and lessons

open access: yesVojnosanitetski pregled, 2006
U subotu, 26. aprila 1986. godine u ranim jutarnjim satima (01:23), dve uzastopne snažne eksplozije, razorile su krov bloka 4 cernobiljske nuklearne elektrane (NE). Ogromne kolicine dima, gasova, građevinskog materijala, grafita i radioaktivnog materijala nasle su se u 2 km visokoj pecurki iznad NE.
Đurović Branka   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

30 years After the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Time for Reflection and Re-evaluation of Current Disaster Preparedness Plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
It has been 30 years since the worst accident in the history of the nuclear era occurred at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine close to densely populated urban areas. To date, epidemiological studies reported increased long-term risks of leukemia,
Zablotska, Lydia B   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Fibroblasts from bank voles inhabiting Chernobyl have increased resistance against oxidative and DNA stresses

open access: yesBMC Cell Biology, 2018
Background Elevated levels of environmental ionizing radiation can be a selective pressure for wildlife by producing reactive oxygen species and DNA damage. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms that are affected are not known. Results We isolated
Venla Mustonen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiocesium concentrations in the lichen-reindeer/caribou food chain: Before and after Chernobyl

open access: yesRangifer, 1986
This paper reviews historical concentrations of radiocesium (Cs-137) in the reindeer/caribou food chain in Alaska. These data, along with available kinetic models which describe the movement of radiocesium through the food chain, are used to predict ...
Robert G. White   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“You just want to re‐open our biggest wounds, don't you?”: Homeplace ethnography as (polluted) environmental method

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
wiley   +1 more source

Indoor UAV for Nuclear Investigation: Experimental Qualification and Field Feedback

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently gained interest for inspection and investigation tasks in hazardous environments. In the nuclear field, indoor UAVs offer promising capabilities to reduce workers' exposure to ionizing radiation while accessing confined or elevated areas.
Jérémy Seyssaud   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hemomicrocirculation and immune structural components changesin Chernobyl accident liquidators

open access: yesБюллетень сибирской медицины, 2007
The aim of the study was to investigate correlation of immunity structural components (morphologic-functional changes in derma and systemic immune reactionof the organisms of Chernobyl accident liquidators. In 2000-2002, we examined 49 Chernobyl accident
F. F. Tetenev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A simplified analysis of the Chernobyl accident

open access: yesEPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, 2021
We show with simplified numerical models, that for the kind of RBMK operated in Chernobyl: The core was unstable due to its large size and to its weak power counter-reaction coefficient, so that the power of the reactor was not easy to control even with
Mercier Bertrand   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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