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B Grosche

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PubMed1996

Cancer consequences of the Chernobyl accident in Europe outside the former USSR: a review.

The accident which occurred during the night of April 25-26, 1986 in reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine released considerable amounts of radioactive substances into the environment. Outside the former USSR, the highest levels of contamination were recorded in Bulgaria, Austria, Greece and Romania, followed by other countries of Central, Southeast and Northern Europe. Studies of the health consequences of the accident have been carried out in these countries, as well as in other countries in Europe. This report presents the results of a critical review of cancer studies of the exposed population in Europe, carried out on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. Overall, three is no evidence to date of a major public health impact of the Chernobyl accident in the field of cancer in countries of Europe outside the former USSR.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

Birth prevalence of congenital malformations in Bavaria, Germany, after the Chernobyl accident.

This study considers whether or not exposure to radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident led to an increased prevalence of congenital malformations in infants born in Bavaria, the German state with the highest levels of contamination after the accident. The odds ratios for major malformations after the accident relative to before were used as indicators for adverse health effects. Since measurements of caesium in soil showed that contamination was considerably higher in Southern Bavaria than in Northern Bavaria, the odds ratios were calculated for both regions separately. Analysis did not show a significant increase in any of the odds ratios of the selected malformations in Southern Bavaria as compared to Northern Bavaria. Consequently, this study provides no evidence that radiation from Chernobyl caused an increase in the birth prevalence of major congenital malformations.

Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced↗
PubMed1995

[Social ecological analysis of birth prevalence and mortality of children with malformations].

Based on retrospective data collected from all over Bavaria, the influence of socioeconomic status defined for geographic areas rather than individuals and urbanisation on birth prevalence, fatality rate, and survival time of malformed infants was investigated. Urbanisation shows a negative effect on all of the outcome variables: the higher the degree of urbanisation, the higher the birth prevalence and fatality rate of malformed infants, whereas survival time decreases with increasing degree of urbanisation. Social status has a positive, but not statistically significant, effect on the outcome variables "fatality rate" and "survival time", both of which can be influenced by postnatal care and medical intervention. Increasing social status increases birth prevalence. This effect is not statistically significant.

Birth Rate↗