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Genetic implications and health consequences following the Chernobyl nuclear accident
Author(s) -
Kozenko M,
Chudley AE
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01364.x
Subject(s) - chernobyl nuclear accident , soviet union , accident (philosophy) , census , radiation exposure , environmental health , genetic data , event (particle physics) , geography , political science , medicine , nuclear medicine , population , physics , philosophy , epistemology , politics , law , quantum mechanics
Kozenko M, Chudley AE. Genetic implications and health consequences following the Chernobyl nuclear accident. It has been almost 25 years since the Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine. We review relevant data derived from published reports originating in the Former Soviet Union. We cite census data from Ukraine and research studies from Western Europe that analyzed the effect of radiation on genetics and health outcome in the exposed populations. We also present philatelic materials that pictorially captured that fateful event in history.