ArticleInternational journal of public health2017
Chronic diseases and mortality among immigrants to Israel from areas contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster: a follow-up study.
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- Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe: lessons for sustainability and UNSDGs in health, energy, and environmental recovery.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence Rate of Diabetes and Hypertension in Disaster-Exposed Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Hospitalizations Among Chernobyl-Exposed Immigrants to the Negev of Israel, 1992-2017: A Historical Follow-Up Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- 'Life communication' after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster: what experts need to learn from residential non-scientific rationality.Journal of radiation research · 2021Article
- The "Sick immigrant" and "Healthy immigrant" phenomenon among Jews migrating from the USSR to Israel.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Reproductive Effects of Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation: A Long-Term Follow-Up of Immigrant Women Exposed to the Chernobyl Accident.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Regional variations in mortality and causes of death in Israel, 2009-2013.Israel journal of health policy research · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine six chronic diseases and all-cause mortality among immigrants to Israel from areas contaminated by the Chernobyl accident.
methodsThe medical data were obtained from the two largest HMOs in Israel. In the assessment of chronic diseases, individuals were divided into three groups: less exposed (n = 480), more exposed (n = 359), and liquidators (n = 45) and in the mortality analysis, into two groups: less exposed (n = 792) and more exposed (n = 590).
resultsCompared to the less exposed, adults from the more exposed group had increased odds of respiratory disorders (OR = 2.34, 95% CI 1.21, 4.54) and elevated odds, with borderline significance, of ischemic heart disease (OR = 2.01, 95% CI 0.97, 4.20). In addition, the liquidators had increased odds of hypertension compared to the less exposed (OR = 2.64, 95% CI 1.24, 5.64). The Cox proportional-hazards model indicated no difference in the ratio of all-cause mortality between the exposed groups during the follow up period.
conclusionsOur study, conducted approximately two decades after the accident, suggests that exposure to radionuclides may be associated with increased odds of respiratory disorders and hypertension.
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