BLOCKING OF A THYROID AT THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS: THE “COST-BENEFIT” ANALYSIS BY RESULTS OF CHERNOBYL FAILURE.

Title: BLOCKING OF A THYROID AT THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS: THE “COST-BENEFIT” ANALYSIS BY RESULTS OF CHERNOBYL FAILURE.

Author: Y. E. Kenigsberg, Y. E. Kryuk, Y. E. Demidchik

Reference: ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИЙ ВЕСТНИК, no. 2, 2007

Keywords: iodine prophylaxis,  the economic costs

Abstract: Using of an analytical method “cost – benefit” comparison of expenses for carrying out of large-scale iodine preventive prophylactic and real expenses with reference to children and the adolescences who lived in 1986 in territory of Belarus and have a thyroid cancer as a result of Chernobyl accident was done. The comparison was carried out for 2566 thyroid cancer cases which realized during from 1990 to 2005. The calculation was preformed in recalculation on 100 000 people. It is received, that duly carrying out of large-scale iodine preventive prophylactic among children and the adolescences could give economic benefit nearby 400 000 $ per 100 thousand person. Results evidently testify unconditional economic correctness and necessity of carrying out of large-scale iodine preventive prophylactic in case of atomic power station accidents.

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Problems of iodine prophylaxis in Russia in case of radiation accident

Title: Problems of iodine prophylaxis in Russia in case of radiation accident

Author: Iljin L.A., Lyaginskaya A.M., Vasilenko I.Yu., Osipov V.A., Ermalitsky A.P., Savkin M.N., Grachev M.I., Avetisov G.M.

Reference: Journal «МЕДИЦИНА КАТАСТРОФ»　No.: 1-2 : 2006,

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Keywords: POTASSIUM IODIDE,   IODINE PROPHYLAXIS,   RADIOACTIVE IODINE,   THYROID GLAND

Abstract:  The authors describe validity of the principles of the existing iodine prophylaxis in this country, levels of intervention and adopted doses of protective preparations from the point of view of modern knowledge. They state that possibility of cancer diseases progress may be reduced or even totally prevented using iodine pro-phylaxis, and to the larger extent using it in combination with other protective measures; the main principle of iodine prophylaxis must be an achievement of a ma-ximum effect using minimum doses of potassium iodide for each age cohort.

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