Chernobyl study says effects underestimated

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 14, 1992| Author: | Copyright information

MOSCOW Many more people were bombarded by high doses of radiation from the Chernobyl accident than officially reported, and even those who received small doses are in jeopardy, a pioneering Russian-American study has found.

"We have gotten a completely new picture of the medical consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe," said Dr. Vladimir M. Lupandin, a Russian physician who was one of the leading investigators in the survey.

"The situation is worse in human health terms than the International Atomic Energy Agency said after its six-day survey, worse than the former Soviet Health ...

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