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Main Title Human consequences of the Chernobyl accident and special health care programmes
Publisher World Health Organization,
Year Published 2005
OCLC Number 61443604
Subjects Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl , Ukraine, 1986--Health aspects ; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl , Ukraine, 1986--Social aspects
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.who.int/entity/ionizing_radiation/a_e/chernobyl/EGH%20Report%20in%20PDF.zip
http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/chernobyl/who_chernobyl_report_2006.pdf
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Status
EJBM  RA569.H43 2005 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 09/08/2005
Collation 179 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Working draft, August 31, 2005." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
General and methodological issues -- Summary from the UNSCEAR 2000 Report on the Health consequences of the Chernobyl Accident -- Role of epidemiological studies in assessing health consequences -- Dosimetry -- Thyroid dosimetry -- Whole-body and non-thyroid specific organ dosimetry -- Specific outcomes: thyroid disease -- Specific outcomes: Leukaemia and non-thyroid solid cancer -- Specific outcomes: non-cancer diseases -- Non-cancer and non-thyroid health effects -- The eye and cataractogenesis-- Cardiovascular diseases -- Cytogenetic markers: their use and significance -- Immunological effects on health -- Reproductive effects and children's health -- Mental, psychological and central nervous system effects -- Mortality caused by ionizing radiation due to the Chernobyl accident -- Public health systems in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine as they pertain to Chernobyl.