title: Early infant mortality in West Germany before and after Chernobyl.
abstract: Early infant mortality rates in West Germany were plotted for regions with different radioactive burdens following the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion in April, 1986. In all regions, the logarithms of the mortality rates fitted a linear model between 1975 and 1985, but from May, 1986, immediately after the accident, there was a striking deviation from the model in areas with greatest radioactive fallout.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Universität Bremen, West Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lüning
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziggel
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR