3. General morbidity, impairment, and disability after the chernobyl catastrophe.
In all cases when comparing the territories heavily contaminated by Chernobyl's radionuclides with less contaminated areas that are characterized by a similar economy, demography, and environment, there is a marked increase in general morbidity in the former. Increased numbers of sick and weak newborns were found in the heavily contaminated territories in Belarus, Ukraine, and European Russia.
Yablokov
Alexey V
AV
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia. Yablokov@ecopolicy.ru
D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology