Infant leukemia in Belarus after the Chernobyl accident.
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.
Ivanov
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Research Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
Tolochko
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Shuvaeva
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Ivanov
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Iaroshevich
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Becker
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Nekolla
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Kellerer
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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