Chernobyl: Relationship between the Number of Missing Newborn Boys and the Level of Radiation in the Czech Regions | Zendy

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Chernobyl: Relationship between the Number of Missing Newborn Boys and the Level of Radiation in the Czech Regions

Author(s) -

M Peterka,

Renata Peterková,

Z Líkovský

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10779

Subject(s) - czech , fetus , radioactive fallout , population , thyroid , radiation exposure , thyroid function , chernobyl nuclear accident , prenatal exposure , medicine , demography , pregnancy , gestation , nuclear medicine , biology , endocrinology , environmental health , chemistry , radiochemistry , philosophy , linguistics , genetics , sociology

The number of newborn boys was higher than that of girls in the Czech Republic each month from 1950 to 2005. The only exception was November 1986, when the number of newborn boys was significantly reduced. This has been explained by a selective negative impact of the Chernobyl accident in April 1986 on male fetuses during the third month of their prenatal development.

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