Increased incidence of malignancies in Sweden after the Chernobyl accident-a promoting effect?
Title: Increased incidence of malignancies in Sweden after the Chernobyl accident-a promoting effect?
Author: Martin Tondel, Peter Lindgren,1 Peter Hjalmarsson,Lennart Hardell, Bodil Persson4
Reference: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE 49:159–168 (2006) [PDF-140K]Mar 2011
Keywords: caesium-137; ionising radiation; nuclear power; low dose; epidemiology; environment; background radiation; cancer; GIS; cohort
Abstract: After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, as much as 5% of the released caesium-137 was deposited in Sweden due to a heavy rainfall 2 days after the event. A study of increased incidence of malignancies was initiated after the accident.
URL: http://www.ippnw.org/pdf/chernobyl-increased-incidence-malignancies-sweden.pdf
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