Τίτλος:
TRENDS AND GEOGRAPHICAL-DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IN GREECE IN
RELATION TO THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Parts of Greece have been exposed to fallout radiation from the
Chernobyl accident as much as any of the countries boardering with the
former Soviet Union, because of the direction of the prevailing winds
after the accident. Although fallout radiation did not reach levels
expected to be associated with measurable effects, there is widespread
concern in Greece that the incidence of childhood leukemia may be rising
in the more heavily affected parts of Greece. Patient discharge data
from all Greek hospitals treating childhood leukemia were used to
calculate the annual incidence of the disease from January 1980 to June
1986 (preaccident period), from July 1986 to June 1988 (immediate
postaccident period) and from July 1988 to June 1991 (”relevant”
post-accident period, that accommodates the presumed latent period of
the disease). Fallout radiation measurements (in Bq/kg Cs-137) were used
to create 17 regions of similar (within regions) but highly variable
(between regions) levels of fallout deposition. Background radiation (in
Bq/kg Ra-226) and annual incidence of childhood leukemia by region were
also estimated. There was no evidence of increased incidence of
childhood leukemia during the immediate or the ‘’relevant”
post-Chernobyl period in any part of the country. Furthermore,
regression analyses did not show any significant or suggestive
association of childhood leukemia by region with either background or
fallout radiation. These results indicate that the Chernobyl accident
did not affect noticeably the incidence of childhood leukemia in Greece
during the five-year post accident period.
Συγγραφείς:
PETRIDOU, E
PROUKAKIS, C
TONG, D
KASSIMOS, D and
ATHANASSIADOUPIPEROPOULOU, F
HAIDAS, S
KALMANTI, M and
KOLIOUSKAS, D
KOSMIDIS, H
LOUIZI, A
SIMOPOULOS, S and
TRICHOPOULOS, D
Περιοδικό:
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL MEDICINE
Εκδότης:
Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press)
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
CHILDHOOD LEUMEKIA; GREECE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; LOW LEVEL IONIZING
RADIATION
DOI:
10.1177/140349489402200208
