Health effects in a casual sample of immigrants to Israel from areas contaminated by the Chernobyl explosion.
We analyzed questionnaire and physician examination data for 1560 new immigrants from the former USSR divided into three groups by potential exposure to Chernobyl radiation. Two groups were chosen according to soil contamination by cesium-137 at former residences, as confirmed by our findings in a 1...
Main Authors: | Kordysh, E A, Goldsmith, J R, Quastel, M R, Poljak, S, Merkin, L, Cohen, R, Gorodischer, R |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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1995
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1519167/ |
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