Radiation and the Risk of Chronic Lymphocytic and Other Leukemias among Chornobyl Cleanup Workers

• DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1204996
• Publication Date: 2012-11-20T16:34:40Z
• Authors: Lydia B. Zablotska; Dimitry Bazyka; Jay H. Lubin; Nataliya Gudzenko; Mark P. Little; Maureen Hatch; Stuart Finch; Irina Dyagil; Robert F. Reiss; Vadim V. Chumak; Andre Bouville; Vladimir Drozdovitch; Victor P. Kryuchkov; Ivan Golovanov; Elena Bakhanova; Nataliya Babkina; Tatiana Lubarets; Volodymyr Bebeshko; Anatoly Romanenko; Kiyohiko Mabuchi
• Keywords: Leukemia, Radiation-Induced; Leukemia; Radiation; Ionizing; Research; 610; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Environmental health; 0302 clinical medicine; Radiation-Induced; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; Oncology; Case-Control Studies; Occupational Exposure; Radiation, Ionizing; Humans; Medicine; Lymphocytes

Risks of most types leukemia from exposure to acute high doses ionizing radiation are well known, but risks associated with protracted exposures, as associations between and chronic lymphocytic (CLL), not clear.