Health Effects of the Chornobyl Accident – a Quarter of Century Aftermath

Editors: A. Serdiuk, V. Bebeshko, D. Bazyka, S. Yamashita.

Reference: Kyiv: DIA, 2011. ― 648 pp.

Abstract: A comprehensive overview on the diverse aftermaths (health effects) of the Chernobyl accident. The subjects include acute radiation syndrome, leukemia, solid cancers, cytogenetic effects, immunology, medico-demographic issues etc.

URL:http://www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/gcoe/activities/publication/20110829_e.html

Thyroid cancer in children and young adults in the North of England. Is increasing　incidence related to the Chernobyl accident?

Title: Thyroid cancer in children and young adults in the North of England. Is increasing　incidence related to the Chernobyl accident?

Author: Cotterill, S.J. / Pearce, M.S. / Parker, L.

Reference: European Journal of Cancer, 37 (8), p.1020-1026, May 2001

doi: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00449-4

Keywords: Thyroid neoplasms; Childhood cancer; Young adults; Iodine radioisotopes;　Nuclear

Abstract: Population-based data on thyroid carcinomas was obtained from the Northern Region Young Person’s Malignant Disease Registry to analyse the incidence of thyroid cancers in young people (<25 years) in the North of England for the period 1968 and 1997 and to assess if changes in incidence were consistent with the spatial and temporal distribution of the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. We compared incidence rates for differentiated (papillary or follicular) thyroid carcinomas 1968–1986 with those for 1987–1997. …

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959804900004494