DISTANT RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FOR THE POPULATION OF THE KALUGA REGION
Title: DISTANT RADIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT FOR THE POPULATION OF THE KALUGA REGION
Author: Drynova N.N., Vlasov O.K., Schukin N.V., Ivanov V.K.
Reference: Radiation and Lisk 2009 vol.18 No.4
Keywords: attributable risk, solid cancers, inhabitants of the Kaluga oblast
Abstract: Prognosis of induction of radiation related solid cancers in population of the Kaluga oblast was made with the use of UNSCEAR model. It was found that the increase in the rate of all solid cancers could be up to 1 %. Calculated and actual data of the National Radiation and Epidemiological Registry were in good agreement. The contribution of radiation to increase of the rate of breast cancer in young women can be up to 4 %.