Exposure from the Chernobyl accident had adverse effects on erythrocytes, leukocytes, and, platelets in children in the Narodichesky region, Ukraine: A 6-year follow-up study

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  Stepanova, Eugenia ^a   Karmaus, Wilfried ^b   Naboka, Marina ^c   Vdovenko, Vitaliy ^a   Mousseau, Tim ^b   Shestopalov, Viacheslav M ^c   Vena, John ^b   Svendsen, Erik ^b   Underhill, Dwight ^b   Pastides, Harris ^b  

^a STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UKRAINE; ERYTHROCYTE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTANT; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UKRAINE;

EID: 47349117723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-21     Document Type: Article

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