title: The accident at Chernobyl: radiation doses and effects.
abstract: Four years ago next month, on April 26, 1986, a nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Russia, exploded releasing tremendous amounts of radioactive substances into the atmosphere. This paper describes the types of radiation released, the levels of exposure, the number of people exposed and short-term effects observed.
authors.affiliation: Nave Paramedical Center, East Tennessee State University, Elizabethton 37643.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Iglar
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011210:Power Plants; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014455:Ukraine