[Forensic medical identification of the immediate causes of death from acute radiation injury].
The objective of the present study was to perform retrospective thanatological analysis of reports on acute radiation disease in liquidators of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It is shown that hemorrhagic syndrome was the main cause of death among the liquidators exposed to ionizing radiation.
Glazunov
A G
AG
Klevno
V A
VA
Bogomolov
D V
DV
Sakharov
A I
AI
Kireeva
E A
EA
D054508:Acute Radiation Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012426:Russia; D014455:Ukraine