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Childhood leukemia (ICD 204–208 [1]) incidence rates in the different regions of Belarus are reported for a period before and after the Chernobyl accident (1982–1994). There are, at this point, no recognizable trends towards higher rates.
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Ivanov, E.P., Tolochko, G.V., Shuvaeva, L.P. et al. Childhood leukemia in Belarus before and after the Chernobyl accident. Radiat Environ Biophys 35, 75–80 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02434028
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