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Exposure from the Chernobyl accident had adverse effects on erythrocytes, leukocytes, and, platelets in children in the Narodichesky region, Ukraine: A 6-year follow-up study

Eugenia Stepanova1, Wilfried Karmaus2*, Marina Naboka3, Vitaliy Vdovenko1, Tim Mousseau4, Viacheslav M Shestopalov3, John Vena2, Erik Svendsen2, Dwight Underhill5 and Harris Pastides2

Author Affiliations

1 Scientific Center for Radiation Medicine, Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

3 Radioecological Center, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine

4 College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

5 Department of Environmental Health Science, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Environmental Health 2008, 7:21 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-21

Published: 30 May 2008

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Table with confidence limits. Estimated combined effects of 137Caesium irradiation and year of measurements on erythrocyte count, hemoglobin, and platelet counts and their confidence limits.

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