[The morbidity in preschool children living on the territory of Rovno Province subjected to radioactive contamination as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
The morbidity was studied of 3000 preschool children born and inhabiting the territory of six Rovno Province districts belonging to the "Western trail" of the Chernobyl accident. It was found that the children born in 1986-1987 showed a 1.5-3 times increase of the morbidity as compared with the pre-accident period.
Ponomarenko
V M
VM
Nagornaia
A M
AM
Proklina
T L
TL
Litvinova
L A
LA
Stepanenko
A V
AV
Sytenko
E R
ER
Osnach
A V
AV
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011210:Power Plants; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
Zabolevaemost' deteĭ doshkol'nogo vozrasta, prozhivaiushchikh na territorii Rivnenskoĭ oblasti, podvergsheĭsia radioaktivnomu zagriazneniiu v rezul'tate avarii na Chernobyl'skoĭ AES.