4. Accelerated aging as a consequence of the Chernobyl catastrophe.
Accelerated aging is one of the well-known consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation. This phenomenon is apparent to a greater or lesser degree in all of the populations contaminated by the Chernobyl radionuclides.
Yablokov
Alexey V
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia. Yablokov@ecopolicy.ru
D000375:Aging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D006801:Humans; D002094:Republic of Belarus