Published May 1990 | Version v1
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