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: Received: 3 May 2023 / Approved: 4 May 2023 / Online: 4 May 2023 (08:32:37 CEST)
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Busby, C.C. Childhood Leukemia Increased Significantly in Wales and Scotland After Chernobyl: A Biological Explanation. Preprints2023, 2023050237. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0237.v1
Busby, C.C. Childhood Leukemia Increased Significantly in Wales and Scotland After Chernobyl: A Biological Explanation. Preprints 2023, 2023050237. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0237.v1
Busby, C.C. Childhood Leukemia Increased Significantly in Wales and Scotland After Chernobyl: A Biological Explanation. Preprints2023, 2023050237. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0237.v1
APA Style
Busby, C.C. (2023). Childhood Leukemia Increased Significantly in Wales and Scotland After Chernobyl: A Biological Explanation. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0237.v1
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Busby, C.C. 2023 "Childhood Leukemia Increased Significantly in Wales and Scotland After Chernobyl: A Biological Explanation" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0237.v1
Abstract
2003 it is shown that after the Chernobyl accident, childhood leukemia by single age and year of birth in the 0-4y cohort increased significantly in Wales and Scotland combined in the period 1986-1990 compared with controls born 1970-1985 and 1991-1994. Relative risk RR = 1.41; 95% CI 1.20<RR<1.65; p = 0.00004. These exposure periods were chosen because whole body Caesium-137 monitoring had demonstrated that internal exposures persisted for more than 4 years. The dose-response exhibits saturation and reversal, interpreted as biological censoring effects in the developing individual.
Keywords
radiation; radioactivity; child leukemia; Chernobyl; public health
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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