Case control study of neuroblastoma in west-Germany after the Chernobyl accident

• Published in: Klinische Pädiatrie Vol. 208; no. 4; p. 172
• Main Authors: Michaelis, J, Haaf, H G, Zöllner, J, Kaatsch, P, Krummenauer, F, Berthold, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.07.1996
• Subjects: Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Food Contamination, Radioactive; Germany - epidemiology; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Male; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - epidemiology; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced - etiology; Neuroblastoma - epidemiology; Neuroblastoma - etiology; Power Plants; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Radioactive Hazard Release; Risk Factors; Ukraine - epidemiology; Germany; Ukraine

To explore possible causes of a 1988 incidence peak of infant neuroblastoma in west German regions which were contaminated with more than 6000 Bq/m2 Cs137 from the Chernobyl accident. The primary working hypothesis was that parents of the diseased children had been contaminated by an excessive intak...