A Comparative Analysis of the Stillbirth Incidence in Radioactively Contaminated Areas of Bryansk Oblast after the Chernobyl Accident (1986–2016)
- Authors: Korsakov A.V.1, Hoffmann W.2, Pugach L.I.1, Lagerev D.G.1
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Affiliations:
- Bryansk State Technical University
- Institute for Community Medicine Department Supply Epidemiology and Community Health University Medical Center
- Issue: Vol 46, No 11 (2019)
- Pages: 1584-1594
- Section: Radiation Epidemiology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1062-3590/article/view/183396
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019110050
- ID: 183396
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Abstract
Abstract—Based on the official statistics for 1986–2016, this paper presents the findings of a comparative analysis of the rate of stillbirth in boys and girls in radioactively contaminated areas of the Bryansk oblast with different radioactive contamination densities by the long-lived radionuclides 137Cs and 90Sr after the Chernobyl accident. No significant differences were found in the stillbirth rate for both the boys and girls between the radioactively contaminated and non-contaminated areas of the Bryansk oblast over the 31 years following the Chernobyl accident (1986–2016). The rate of stillborn boys over girls was significantly higher in radioactively contaminated areas (17%) compared with the corresponding data across the oblast (10%) and in the control areas (8%), with the most significant differences observed in the third period after the accident (2008–2016) (52%).
About the authors
A. V. Korsakov
Bryansk State Technical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: korsakov_anton@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Bryansk, 241035
W. Hoffmann
Institute for Community Medicine Department Supply Epidemiology and Community Health University Medical Center
Email: korsakov_anton@mail.ru
Germany, Greifswald, 17475
L. I. Pugach
Bryansk State Technical University
Email: korsakov_anton@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Bryansk, 241035
D. G. Lagerev
Bryansk State Technical University
Email: korsakov_anton@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Bryansk, 241035