title: An increased incidence of tumour bearing Swiss albino mice in Durham after the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
abstract: Mice which were alive in Durham at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear accident presented a highly significant increase in the incidence of those which bore tumours. The comparison is based upon mice which were studied over the previous 4 years. In males and females the increase amounted to 19 and 100 per cent respectively. The most frequent neoplasms to increase were malignant tumours of the reticuloendothelial system and of the reticuloses, lymphosarcoma and reticulum cell sarcoma were prevalent in mice kept after Chernobyl. The incidence of reticuloses increased by 24 and 18 per cent in males and females respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, England.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Hemsworth
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000236:Adenoma / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000209:etiology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000528:radiation effects; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout