Published March 1996
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Journal article
Chernobyl: lessons of the decade
Creators
Description
The Chernobyl accident led to a drastic increase the incidents of thyroid cancer in children living at territories contaminated with radionuclides. The incidents of hemoblastoses which are etiologically closely related to radiation did not change after the incident. The lessons of the decade that passed since the accident necessitate measures aimed at alleviation of the medical consequences of the accident which are to be implemented for many years. The program of such measures should be based on a strictly scientific evaluation of each factor, that will be conductive to a most adequate state financing of this work
Abstract (Russian)
Авария в Чернобыле привела к резкому увеличению числа случаев рака щитовидной железы у детей, проживающих на загрязненных радионуклидами территориях. Уровень заболеваемости гемобластозами, имеющими тесную этиологическую связь с радиацией, в послеаварийный период не изменился. Десятилетние уроки Чернобыля диктуют необходимость проведения долговременных работ по ослаблению медицинских последствий комплекса факторов аварии. Программа таких работ должна быть основана на строгой научной оценке каждого фактора, что будет способствовать наиболее адекватному государственному финансированиюAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Десятилетние уроки Чернобыля
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Meditsinskaya Radiologiya i Radiatsionnaya Bezopasnost'
- Journal Volume
- 41
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3-7
- ISSN
- 1024-6177
- CODEN
- MRRBE5
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- Russian Federation
- INIS RN
- 32017766
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CESIUM 137; CHAPELCROSS-4 REACTOR; CHILDREN; CONTAMINATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN POPULATIONS; INTERNAL IRRADIATION; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PERSONNEL; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION SYNDROME; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; THYROID
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; AGE GROUPS; ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BODY; CARBON DIOXIDE COOLED REACTORS; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DISEASES; DOSES; EASTERN EUROPE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EUROPE; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GCR TYPE REACTORS; GLANDS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MAGNOX TYPE REACTORS; MAMMALS; MAN; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS; POPULATIONS; PRIMATES; PRODUCTION REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 7 figs., 1 tab.