title: Infant leukemia in Belarus after the Chernobyl accident.
abstract: Petridou et al. [1] have reported an increase in infant leukemia in Greek children born between 1/7/86 and 31/12/87 and have linked this increase to in utero radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl accident. Subsequently, Michaelis et al. [2] have reported a similar trend for Germany but found that it was not correlated to the levels of contamination. For Belarus, which was much more severely affected, a similar but much weaker trend is found.
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: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Iaroshevich
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: D015331:Cohort Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011210:Power Plants; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D014455:Ukraine