Published April 2011 | Version v1
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Health consequences of Chernobyl. 25 years after the reactor catastrophy

Creators

  • 1. Gesellschaft fuer Strahlenschutz e.V., Berlin (Germany)
  • 2. Internationale Aerzte fuer die Verhuetung des Atomkrieges, Aerzte in sozialer Verantwortung e.V. (IPPNW), Berlin (Germany). Deutsche Sektion

Description

The report is an evaluation of studies indicating health effects as a consequence of the reactor catastrophe in Chernobyl. The most exposed population include the cleaning personnel (liquidators), the population evacuated from the 30 km zone, the populations in highly contaminated regions in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, the European population in lass contaminated regions. The following issues are discussed: the liquidators, infant mortality, genetic and teratogenic damages, thyroid carcinoma and other thyroid diseases, carcinogenic diseases and leukemia, other diseases following the Chernobyl catastrophe.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://www.tschernobylkongress.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Tschernobyl_Studie_2011_web.pdf

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (German)
Gesundheitliche Folgen von Tschernobyl. 25 Jahre nach der Reaktorkatastrophe

Identifiers

URL
http://www.tschernobylkongress.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdfs/Tschernobyl_Studie_2011_web.pdf;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
88 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
47024426
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BELARUS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS; CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL; EUROPE; GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; GENETICS; INFANTS; LEUKEMIA; MORTALITY; MUTATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION INJURIES; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SURFACE CONTAMINATION; TERATOGENS; THYROID; UKRAINE
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; AGE GROUPS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOLOGY; BODY; CHILDREN; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; EASTERN EUROPE; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; GENETIC EFFECTS; GLANDS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INJURIES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MALFORMATIONS; MAMMALS; MAN; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PERSONNEL; POWER REACTORS; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; VERTEBRATES; WATER COOLED REACTORS