Non-cancer morbidity among Estonian Chernobyl cleanup workers: a register-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine non-cancer morbidity in the Estonian Chernobyl cleanup workers cohort compared with the population sample with special attention to radiation-related diseases and mental health disorders.

Design

Register-based cohort study.

Setting

Estonia.

Participants

An exposed cohort of 3680 men (cleanup workers) and an unexposed cohort of 7631 men (population sample) were followed from 2004 to 2012 through the Population Registry and Health Insurance Fund database.

Methods

Morbidity in the exposed cohort compared with the unexposed controls was estimated in terms of rate ratio (RR) with 95% CIs using Poisson regression models.

Results

Elevated morbidity in the exposed cohort was found for diseases of the nervous system, digestive system,

SUBMITTER: Rahu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4024594 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature