title: Congenital malformations among newborns and developmental abnormalities among human embryos in Belarus after Chernobyl accident.
abstract: Evaluation of the effects of radioactive contamination on human populations is important for an understanding of the present and future risk for human health, including the genetic risk. This review centers on the results of population monitoring of developmental anomalies among human embryos and congenital malformations among newborn in the Republic of Belarus before and after Chemobyl accident. The data revealed that the incidences of developmental anomalies and congenital malformation from the mostly radionuclide-contaminated rural regions of Belarus reliably exceed the indices in control areas.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Hereditary Diseases, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
authors.forename: Sergei P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Feshchenko
authors.forename: Heinz C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: Werner E G
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Gennady I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Lazjuk
mesh_terms: D000016:Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011210:Power Plants; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D002094:Republic of Belarus