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Lessons learned from the study of immigrants to Israel from areas of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine contaminated by the Chernobyl accident.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Dec 1997
Quastel M R, Goldsmith J R, Cwikel J, Merkin L, Wishkerman V Y, Poljak S, Abdelgani A, Kordysh E, Douvdevani A, Levy J, Gorodisher R, Barki Y, Emerit I, Kramer G
Abstract excerpt
During the past 6 years, immigration to Israel of 700,000 persons from the former Soviet Union (FSU) included about 140,000 from radiocontaminated regions of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia near Chernobyl. In Beer Sheva, a major center for immigrant absorption in Israel, a primary objective was to evaluate their health status and to refer them for care. 137Cs levels in 1228 men, women, and children were measured...
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