1. [The influence of radiation of the child mental development].
- Author
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Kozlova IA, Niagu AI, and Korolev VD
- Subjects
- Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition Disorders diagnosis, Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, Female, Gestational Age, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Intelligence Tests, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Pregnancy, Radiation Injuries epidemiology, Republic of Belarus epidemiology, Russia epidemiology, Ukraine epidemiology, Child Development radiation effects, Mental Disorders etiology, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Radiation Injuries complications, Radioactive Hazard Release
- Abstract
The paper presents the results of implementation of the first stage of WHO programme concerning consequences of the Chernobyl accident in terms of influence of radiation on mental health of children whose mothers were exposed to radiation. 4210 children born in the period from April 26, 1986 to February 1, 1987 in Byelorussia, Ukraine, Russia in contaminated and non-polluted (control) regions. In radiation-contaminated regions there was higher frequency of mental retardation and other mental disorders as well as deterioration of both mental and physic health of their parents. A preliminary character of the data obtained is emphasized as well as the necessity of more detailed follow-up of these groups.
- Published
- 1999