RT Journal
A1 Friedrich MJ
T1 CHernobyl and leukemia risk
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD December 19
VO 308
IS 23
SP 2449
OP 2449
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.105522
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.105522
AB 
Researchers from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia conducted a 20-year case-control study nested in a cohort of 110 645 male Ukrainian workers who were engaged in cleanup activities from 1986 to 1990. They found 137 cases of leukemia that were confirmed by an expert panel of hematologists and hematopathologists. After excluding 20 cases, they estimated that of the remaining 117 cases (52 of which were non-CLL and 65 were CLL), 19 (16%) could be attributed to low doses of ionizing radiation exposure.