Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR /
Tapia, José A.
Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR / José A. Tapia. - 1 online resource (XVI, 132 p.) - De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences , 11 2747-5689 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Chernobyl — The nuclear disaster -- Chapter 3 Chernobyl and the timing of the mortality crisis -- Chapter 4 Birth rates and sex ratios after Chernobyl -- Chapter 5 Soviet and post-Soviet cover-up -- Chapter 6 Effects of the radioactive fallout — From early evaluations to the Chernobyl Forum -- Chapter 7 Health effects of ionizing radiation — How knowledge grew out of secrecy -- Chapter 8 Effects of low-dose radiation — The LNT model — Hormesis -- Chapter 9 Conflicting results of investigations on exposures to low-dose ionizing radiation -- Chapter 10 Thyroid cancer caused by the Chernobyl fallout -- Chapter 11 Post-Chernobyl non-thyroid malignancies and other health effects -- Chapter 12 Mortality effects of fallout from nuclear tests -- Chapter 13 Conclusion -- Appendix A Units for measurement of ionizing radiation -- Appendix B Gender issues -- Appendix C Data Tables -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality crisis which affected Eastern Europe and the republics of the former USSR at the time of the transition to a market economy was arguably the major peacetime health crisis of recent decades. Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Old USSR discusses the importance of that crisis, surprisingly underplayed in the scientific literature, and presents evidence suggesting a potential role of the Chernobyl disaster among the causes contributing to it.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110761733 9783110761894 9783110761788
10.1515/9783110761788 doi
2022939905
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Health aspects--Europe, Eastern.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Health aspects--Russia (Federation).
Disaster victims--Mortality--Europe, Eastern.
Disaster victims--Mortality--Russia (Federation).
Gesundheitsrisiko.
Nuklearenergie.
Tschernobyl.
UdSSR.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Chernobyl. Eastern Europe. Mortality crisis. Nuclear energy. USSR.
RA569 / .T37 2022
363.17/99094777
Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR / José A. Tapia. - 1 online resource (XVI, 132 p.) - De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences , 11 2747-5689 ; .
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Chernobyl — The nuclear disaster -- Chapter 3 Chernobyl and the timing of the mortality crisis -- Chapter 4 Birth rates and sex ratios after Chernobyl -- Chapter 5 Soviet and post-Soviet cover-up -- Chapter 6 Effects of the radioactive fallout — From early evaluations to the Chernobyl Forum -- Chapter 7 Health effects of ionizing radiation — How knowledge grew out of secrecy -- Chapter 8 Effects of low-dose radiation — The LNT model — Hormesis -- Chapter 9 Conflicting results of investigations on exposures to low-dose ionizing radiation -- Chapter 10 Thyroid cancer caused by the Chernobyl fallout -- Chapter 11 Post-Chernobyl non-thyroid malignancies and other health effects -- Chapter 12 Mortality effects of fallout from nuclear tests -- Chapter 13 Conclusion -- Appendix A Units for measurement of ionizing radiation -- Appendix B Gender issues -- Appendix C Data Tables -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality crisis which affected Eastern Europe and the republics of the former USSR at the time of the transition to a market economy was arguably the major peacetime health crisis of recent decades. Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Old USSR discusses the importance of that crisis, surprisingly underplayed in the scientific literature, and presents evidence suggesting a potential role of the Chernobyl disaster among the causes contributing to it.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110761733 9783110761894 9783110761788
10.1515/9783110761788 doi
2022939905
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Health aspects--Europe, Eastern.
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986--Health aspects--Russia (Federation).
Disaster victims--Mortality--Europe, Eastern.
Disaster victims--Mortality--Russia (Federation).
Gesundheitsrisiko.
Nuklearenergie.
Tschernobyl.
UdSSR.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Chernobyl. Eastern Europe. Mortality crisis. Nuclear energy. USSR.
RA569 / .T37 2022
363.17/99094777