title: Childhood leukemia in Belarus before and after the Chernobyl accident.
abstract: Childhood leukemia (ICD 204-208 [1]) incidence rates in the different regions of Belarus are reported for a period before and after the Chernobyl accident (1982-1994). There are, at this point, no recognizable trends towards higher rates.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Tolochko
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Shuvaeva
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nekolla
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kellerer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014455:Ukraine