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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2005;294:1890.

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Although fewer than 50 deaths have been directly attributed to radiation from the 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, nearly 4000 more people may eventually die from radiation-related cancers, according to a report by the Chernobyl Forum, a collaboration between United Nations agencies and the governments of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia (http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/).

Most of the deaths recorded so far were among highly exposed emergency workers. About 4000 individuals who were children or adolescents at the time of the accident developed thyroid cancer, most of whom survived. The report said that of a total of 600 000 emergency workers, evacuees, and residents of the most contaminated areas, an estimated 3940 will die from radiation-induced cancers.

However, the report noted, for those residing in the affected areas, "the mental health impact of Chernobyl is the largest public health problem unleashed by the accident to date." . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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