Chernobyl fallout and cancer incidence in Finland 1988-2007

Autor: Timo Hakulinen, P K Verkasalo, Karri Seppä, Eero Pukkala, Sirpa Heinävaara, Anssi Auvinen, Päivi Kurttio, Toni Patama, Kari Pasanen, H. Arvela
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Journal of Cancer. 134:2253-2263
ISSN: 0020-7136
Popis: Twenty-five years have passed since the Chernobyl accident, but its health consequences remain to be well established. Finland was one of the most heavily affected countries by the radioactive fallout outside the former Soviet Union. We analyzed the relation of the estimated external radiation exposure from the fallout to cancer incidence in Finland in 1988-2007. The study cohort comprised all ∼ 3.8 million Finns who had lived in the same dwelling for 12 months following the accident (May 1986-April 1987). Radiation exposure was estimated using data from an extensive mobile dose rate survey. Cancer incidence data were obtained for the cohort divided into four exposure categories (the lowest with the first-year committed dose
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