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- Title
Fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and congenital malformations in Europe.
- Authors
Hoffmann, W
- Abstract
Investigators estimate that the population exposure that resulted from the Chernobyl fallout is in the range of natural background radiation for most European countries. Given current radiobiologic knowledge, health effects-if any-would not be measurable with epidemiologic tools. In several independent reports, however, researchers have described isolated peaks in the prevalence of congenital malformations in the cohort conceived immediately after onset of the fallout. The consistency of the time pattern and the specific types of malformation raise concern about their significance. In this study, the author summarizes findings from Turkey, Belarus, Croatia, Finland, Germany, and other countries, and implications for radiation protection and public health issues are discussed.
- Publication
Archives of environmental health, 2001, Vol 56, Issue 6, p478
- ISSN
0003-9896
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/00039890109602895