- Author
- Browne, D.
- Title
- Biomedical Lessons From the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident.
- Coporate
- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Inst., Bethesda, MD
- Sponsor
- Defense Nuclear Agency, Washington, DC
- Report
- AFRRI-SR91-2, October 1990, 5 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- nuclear power plants | accidents | disasters | radioactive materials | contamination
- Abstract
- The Chernobly nuclear accident afforded the treating physicians a chance to observe clinical ARS in man, defining the degree of severity according to average radiation dose exposure, and to make prognoses for the individual patients on the course of the ARS, based on biological criteria. The author gives a detailed account of the clinical cause of the disease including all available laboratory values. She provides valuable data that can be utilized in handling similar accidents in the future.