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Health effects of radiation incidents in the southern Urals.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) - 1 May 1995
Akleyev A V, Kossenko M M, Silkina L A, Degteva M O, Yachmenyov V A, Awa A, Akiyama M, Veremeyeva G A, Vozilova A V, Kyozumi S
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This article discusses the most important information on health effects in the Urals region (Russia) of residents exposed to radiation from activities of a weapon plutonium separation plant. The population residing on the contaminated territory was exposed to chronic combined irradiation (external gamma-irradiation and internal irradiation due to Sr-90 and Cs-137). The red bone marrow (RBM) was the critical organ...
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