Title: Incidence of blood circulation system illnesses among liquidators of Chernobyl accident living in Belarus

Authors: Aksana V. Kotava; Alena Y. Sasnouskaya

Addresses: Department of Organization of Health Protection, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Ozeshko 22 str., Grodno 230023, Belarus. ' Regional Branch of the Belarusian State Register of Persons Exposed to Radiation, Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital, Br. Lizyukovyh 5 str., Gomel 246029, Belarus

Abstract: In this paper, the incidence of the illnesses of blood circulation system (IBCS) among liquidators of the Chernobyl accident living in Belarus is described. The increase of the incidence of the IBCS as a whole was found to be 19.5%, that of hypertensive diseases 52.0%, and that of acute and subsequent myocardial infarction 53.2%. The incidence of cerebral infarction increased by a factor 10. An increase of the incidence of hypertensive diseases and cerebrovascular diseases was observed only among the persons of productive age.

Keywords: illness incidence; circulatory system diseases; liquidators; Chernobyl; nuclear accidents; blood circulation illnesses; Belarus; radiation; myocardial infarction; cerebral infarction; hypertensive diseases; cerebrovascular diseases.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2011.044195

International Journal of Low Radiation, 2011 Vol.8 No.2, pp.148 - 155

Published online: 07 Feb 2015 *

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