Published May 1990
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Journal article
Goiania's radioactive accident - Evolutive description two years after
- 1. Hospital das Forcas Armadas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Div. de Radiologia
- 2. Hospital das Forcas Armadas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Servico de Medicina Nuclear
Description
The authors lead a brief review of three patients that undergone lesions caused by ionizing radiations at the Goiania's radioactive accident, two years after. They describe the actual conditions of the skin lesions, hematologic values, sequels, diagnostic and therapeutics procedures on the follow up of this patients. They still make a comparative study between nuclear weapon's victims at Hiroshima and Nagasaki events (2 sup(nd) World War) and Goiania accidents victims. In their conclusions, the authors point out the importance in detecting early lesions, diseases or late sequels, due to radioactive expositions. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Portuguese)
- Acidente radioativo em Goiania - Abordagem evolutiva dois anos apos
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Arquivos Brasileiros de Medicina Naval
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Arq. Bras. Med. Nav.
- Journal Page Range
- 5-23
- ISSN
- 0365-074X
- CODEN
- ABMNA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Brazil
- Country of Input or Organization
- Brazil
- INIS RN
- 22031323
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BRAZIL; CESIUM 137; DIAGNOSIS; HEMATOLOGY; MAN; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SKIN DISEASES; THERAPY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LATIN AMERICA; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; SOUTH AMERICA; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES