Workshop on short-term health effects of reactor accidents: Chernobyl

Conference · Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6905797

The high-dose early-effects research that has been continued has been done in the context of infrequent accidents with large radiation sources and the use of bone marrow transfusions for treating malignancies, especially leukemia. It thus seemed appropriate to bring together those who have done research on and have had experience with massive whole-body radiation. The objectives were to review what is known about the acute effects of whole-body irradiation, to review the current knowledge of therapy, and particularly of the diagnostic and immunologic problems encountered in bone marrow therapy, and to compare this knowledge with observations made to date on the Chernobyl accident radiation casualties. Dr. Robert Gale, who had helped to care for these casualties, was present at the Workshop. It was hoped that such a review would help those making continuing clinical and pathological observations on the Chernobyl casualties, and that these observations would provide a basis for recommendations for additional research that might result in improved ability to manage successfully this type of severe injury.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6905797
• Report Number(s): BNL-52030; CONF-8608113-Summs.; ON: DE87003078
• Resource Relation: Conference: Short-term effects of reactor accidents: Chernobyl, Upton, NY, USA, 8 Aug 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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REACTOR ACCIDENTS
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
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