Chronic radiation exposure in the Rivne-Polissia region of Ukraine: Implications for birth defects

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-674

  Dancause, Kelsey Needham ^a   Yevtushok, Lyubov ^b   Lapchenko, Serhiy ^c   Shumlyansky, Ihor ^b   Shevchenko, Genadiy ^d   Wertelecki, Wladimir ^e   Garruto, Ralph M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rivne and Kherson Oblasts   (Ukraine)

^c Regional Children's Clinical Hospital   (Ukraine)

^d Rivne Oblast Sanitary and Epidemiological Station   (Ukraine)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FOSSIL FUEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WOOD;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEVERAGES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FOOD HABITS; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; POACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77957275558     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21063     Document Type: Article

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