Chernobyl, childhood cancer, and chromosome 21

Editorial

J Boice et al. BMJ. 1994.

. 1994 Jul 16;309(6948):139-40.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6948.139.

No abstract available

Comment in

Fallout from Chernobyl. Authors stand by study that Chernobyl increased trisomy 21 in Berlin.
Sperling K, Pelz J, Wegner RD, Dörries A, Grüters A, Mikkelsen M. Sperling K, et al. BMJ. 1994 Nov 12;309(6964):1299. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 7741909 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Fallout from Chernobyl. Belarus increase was probably caused by Chernobyl.
Abelin T, Egger M, Ruchti C. Abelin T, et al. BMJ. 1994 Nov 12;309(6964):1298; author reply 1300. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 7888857 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Fallout from Chernobyl. Thyroid cancer in children increased dramatically in Belarus.
Williams ED. Williams ED. BMJ. 1994 Nov 12;309(6964):1298; author reply 1300. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 7888858 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Fallout from Chernobyl. Not all health problems seen close to Chernobyl can be attributed to radiation.
Butturini A, Izzi GC, Benaglia G, Lloyd D, Pass B, Gale RP. Butturini A, et al. BMJ. 1994 Nov 12;309(6964):1299-300. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 7888861 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Fallout from Chernobyl. Studies may have had inadequate statistical power.
Ambach W. Ambach W. BMJ. 1994 Nov 12;309(6964):1300-1. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 7888862 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Fallout from Chernobyl and incidence of childhood leukaemia in Finland, 1976-92.
Auvinen A, Hakama M, Arvela H, Hakulinen T, Rahola T, Suomela M, Söderman B, Rytömaa T. Auvinen A, et al. BMJ. 1994 Jul 16;309(6948):151-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6948.151. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 8044092 Free PMC article.
Risk of acute childhood leukaemia in Sweden after the Chernobyl reactor accident. Swedish Child Leukaemia Group.
Hjalmars U, Kulldorff M, Gustafsson G. Hjalmars U, et al. BMJ. 1994 Jul 16;309(6948):154-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6948.154. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 8044093 Free PMC article.
Significant increase in trisomy 21 in Berlin nine months after the Chernobyl reactor accident: temporal correlation or causal relation?
Sperling K, Pelz J, Wegner RD, Dörries A, Grüters A, Mikkelsen M. Sperling K, et al. BMJ. 1994 Jul 16;309(6948):158-62. doi: 10.1136/bmj.309.6948.158. BMJ. 1994. PMID: 8044094 Free PMC article.