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. 2018 Jan;189(1):5-18.
doi: 10.1667/RR14791.1. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on 30 Years after the Chernobyl Accident: Current and Future Studies on Radiation Health Effects

Jonathan M Samet  1 , Amy Berrington de González  2 , Lawrence T Dauer  3 , Maureen Hatch  2 , Ourania Kosti  4 , Fred A Mettler Jr  5 , Merriline M Satyamitra  6
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Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on 30 Years after the Chernobyl Accident: Current and Future Studies on Radiation Health Effects

Jonathan M Samet et al. Radiat Res. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

This commentary summarizes the presentations and discussions from the 2016 Gilbert W. Beebe symposium "30 years after the Chernobyl accident: Current and future studies on radiation health effects." The symposium was hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies). The symposium focused on the health consequences of the Chernobyl accident, looking retrospectively at what has been learned and prospectively at potential future discoveries using emerging 21st Century research methodologies.

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Time frame of adverse effects of a nuclear reactor accident. PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder; CVD = cardiovascular disease.
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