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Petridou et al. [1] have reported an increase in infant leukemia in Greek children born between 1/7/86 and 31/12/87 and have linked this increase to in utero radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl accident. Subsequently, Michaelis et al. [2] have reported a similar trend for Germany but found that it was not correlated to the levels of contamination. For Belarus, which was much more severely affected, a similar but much weaker trend is found.
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Received: 2 January 1998 / Accepted in revised form: 23 January 1998
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Ivanov, E., Tolochko, G., Shuvaeva, L. et al. Infant leukemia in Belarus after the Chernobyl accident. Radiat Environ Biophys 37, 53–55 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004110050092
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004110050092