Ivanov E P, Tolochko G V, Shuvaeva L P, Ivanov V E, Iaroshevich R F, Becker S, Nekolla E, Kellerer A M
Research Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
Radiat Environ Biophys. 1998 Apr;37(1):53-5. doi: 10.1007/s004110050092.
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.