"Chernobyl 25 years:

incorporated radionuclides Cs-137 and human health.”

Coordinating and Analytical Center “Ecology and Health

Coordinating and Analytical Center “Ecology and Health” products a book, written by an international group of scientists, dedicated to the health of people living in areas affected by the Chernobyl disaster and exposed to radionuclides.

The book presents the results of research, reflecting the unfavorable situation of the health of people who have been exposed for over 25 years to radionuclides as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

These results also present the characteristics of the pathological processes due to incorporation of radionuclides Cs-137 (the most common of the radionuclides which are present in these areas) in the vital organs.

Significant space is devoted to issues of collective and individual radiation protection and to the factors which reduce the penetration of radionuclides into the human body.

The book will feature the following sections:

Preface

Chapter 1. The radioecological situation caused by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Chapter 2. The incorporation of radioactive cesium in humans and animals, the causes, and the factors affecting it.

Chapter 3 The medical and demographic situation in areas affected by the Chernobyl disaster.

Chapter 4. The pathological processes resulting from incorporation of radionuclides Cs-137 in the vital organs and systems of human persons.

4.1 Structural and functional changes in the internal organs in the incorporation of radionuclides Cs-137.

4.2 Changes in the cardiovascular system of children living in the regions contaminated with radionuclides Cs-137.

4.3 The immune and hematopoietic system under the influence of incorporated radionuclides Cs-137.

4.4 Pathology of the organ of vision in children living in areas contaminated with radionuclides Cs-137.

4.5 The feminine reproductive system, pregnancy and development of the embryo in conditions of incorporation of Cs-137.

4.6 The long term incorporated radionuclides syndrome.

Chapter 5. The key factors for change for the better health situation of the population living in areas affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Collective and Individual radioprotection.

Conclusion  

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