ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2009
Commentary: childhood cancer near nuclear power stations.
Article in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Radioactive releases from the nuclear power sector and implications for child health.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Review
- A brief review of the current knowledge on environmental toxicants and risk of pediatric cancers.Pediatric hematology and oncology · 2022Review
- Ionizing Radiation and Human Health: Reviewing Models of Exposure and Mechanisms of Cellular Damage. An Epigenetic Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- Environmental Carcinogenesis and Transgenerational Transmission of Carcinogenic Risk: From Genetics to Epigenetics.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Cancer incidence in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in Taiwan: a population-based study.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2016Article
- Blastopathies and microcephaly in a Chornobyl impacted region of Ukraine.Congenital anomalies · 2014Article
- The risk of leukaemia in young children from exposure to tritium and carbon-14 in the discharges of German nuclear power stations and in the fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2014Article
- Clusters of adolescent and young adult thyroid cancer in Florida counties.BioMed research international · 2014Article
- Cancer risk in adult residents near nuclear power plants in Korea - a cohort study of 1992-2010.Journal of Korean medical science · 2012Article
- Cancer in children residing near nuclear power plants: an open question.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2010Review
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Abstract
In 2008, the KiKK study in Germany reported a 1.6-fold increase in solid cancers and a 2.2-fold increase in leukemias among children living within 5 km of all German nuclear power stations. The study has triggered debates as to the cause(s) of these increased cancers. This article reports on the findings of the KiKK study; discusses past and more recent epidemiological studies of leukemias near nuclear installations around the world, and outlines a possible biological mechanism to explain the increased cancers. This suggests that the observed high rates of infant leukemias may be a teratogenic effect from incorporated radionuclides. Doses from environmental emissions from nuclear reactors to embryos and fetuses in pregnant women near nuclear power stations may be larger than suspected. Hematopoietic tissues appear to be considerably more radiosensitive in embryos/fetuses than in newborn babies. Recommendations for advice to local residents and for further research are made.
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