The Chernobyl Accident — An Epidemiological Perspective
Title: The Chernobyl Accident — An Epidemiological Perspective
Author: Cardis, E. / Hatch, M.
Reference: Clinical Oncology, 23 (4), p.251-260, May 2011
doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2011.01.510
Keywords: Cancer; cataracts; cardiovascular diseases; Chernobyl accident; radiation; thyroid cancer
Abstract: Twenty-five years have passed since radioactive releases from the Chernobyl nuclear accident led to the exposure of millions of people in Europe. Studies of affected populations have provided important new data on the links between radiation and cancer—particularly the risk of thyroid tumours from exposure to iodine isotopes—that are important not only for a fuller scientific understanding of radiation effects, but also for radiation protection. It is now well documented that children and adolescents exposed to radioiodines from Chernobyl fallout have a sizeable dose-related increase in thyroid cancer, with the risk greatest in those youngest at exposure and with a suggestion that deficiency in stable iodine may increase the risk….
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0936655511005425
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