RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH EFFECTS 20 YEARS AFTER THECHERNOBYL ACCIDENT: DATA OF THE NATIONALRADIATION AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REGISTRY

摘要

On the decree of the Russian Federation Government N 948 of22 September 1993 the National Radiation and Epidemiological Registrywas established. This is a legal entity on the base of the MedicalRadiological Research Center of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.Two main tasks were imposed upon the Registry: 1) objective estimation ofradiation risks of cancer and non-cancer diseases following exposure to lowdose radiation (up to 0.2 Sv); and 2) producing recommendations forhealth-care system and medical aid for minimization of delayedconsequences of the Chernobyl accident. National registry comprisespersonal information on 615,000 people exposed to ionizing radiation, a farlarger number than in the atomic bomb survivor registry. In this paper,basic information on radiation-epidemiologic analysis related to emergencyaccident workers and the population of Russian territories contaminatedwith radionuclides is summarized.