1. Chernobyl contamination through time and spaceAlexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:5-30. 2009
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- 11. Chernobyl's radioactive impact on microbial biota
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:281-4. 2009
..Compared to humans and other mammals, the profound changes that take place among these small live organisms with rapid reproductive turnover do not bode well for the health and survival of other species...
- 10. Chernobyl's radioactive impact on fauna
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:255-80. 2009
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- 9. Chernobyl's radioactive impact on flora
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:237-54. 2009
..Chernobyl's irradiation has led to genetic disorders, sometimes continuing for many years, and it appears that it has awakened genes that have been silent over a long evolutionary time...
- 8. Atmospheric, water, and soil contamination after Chernobyl
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:223-36. 2009
..This transfer is one of the important mechanisms, observed in recent years, that leads to increased doses of internal irradiation among people in the contaminated territories...
- 7. Mortality after the Chernobyl catastrophe
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:192-216. 2009
..The number of Chernobyl victims will continue to grow over many future generations...
- 6. Oncological diseases after the Chernobyl catastrophe
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:161-91. 2009
..High levels of Te-132, Ru-103, Ru-106, and Cs-134 persisted months after the Chernobyl catastrophe and the continuing radiation from Cs-137, Sr-90, Pu, and Am will generate new neoplasms for hundreds of years...
- 5. Nonmalignant diseases after the Chernobyl catastrophe
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:58-160. 2009
..One cannot give credence to the explanation that these numbers are due solely to socioeconomic factors. The negative health consequences of the catastrophe are amply documented in this chapter and concern millions of people...
- 4. Accelerated aging as a consequence of the Chernobyl catastrophe
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:55-7. 2009
..Accelerated aging is one of the well-known consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation. This phenomenon is apparent to a greater or lesser degree in all of the populations contaminated by the Chernobyl radionuclides...
- 3. General morbidity, impairment, and disability after the chernobyl catastrophe
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:42-54. 2009
..Increased numbers of sick and weak newborns were found in the heavily contaminated territories in Belarus, Ukraine, and European Russia...
- 2. Chernobyl's public health consequences
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:32-41. 2009
..g., stable chromosomal aberrations), as well as other genetic and nongenetic pathologies...
- 15. Consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe for public health and the environment 23 years later
Alexey V Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, Office 319, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1181:318-26. 2009
..The Chernobyl zone is a "black hole": some species may persist there only via immigration from uncontaminated areas...
