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The children of Chernobyl
Author(s) -
Kidd Michael R
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb94031.x
Subject(s) - soviet union , nuclear disaster , political science , chernobyl nuclear accident , accident (philosophy) , history , environmental health , nuclear plant , medicine , law , engineering , politics , philosophy , epistemology , nuclear engineering
During the past twelve months much media attention has been focused on the plight of the children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union. The visit to Australia by several groups of these children during 1991 has heightened community interest in the innocent victims of the world's worst nuclear accident. As medical adviser for one of these visits, I saw how some of the children of Chernobyl benefited from their holiday away from radioactivity.