Title: Chernobyl: the fear of the unknown

Authors: Zbigniew Jaworowski

Addresses: Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, ul. Konwaliowa 7, 03 194 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract: People living in contaminated regions of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine |need not live in fear of serious health consequences| and UNSCEAR forecasts that |generally positive| prospects for the future health of most individuals should prevail.

Keywords: Belarus; Chernobyl; health consequences; irrational fear; positive prospects; radiophobia; Russia; Ukraine; UNSCEAR; low radiation; radiation contamination.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2006.012006

International Journal of Low Radiation, 2006 Vol.3 No.4, pp.319 - 324

Published online: 09 Jan 2007 *

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