Is exposure to ionising radiation associated with childhood cardiac arrhythmia in the Russian territories contaminated by the Chernobyl fallout? A cross-sectional population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate childhood cardiac arrhythmia and chronic exposure to caesium-137 (¹³⁷Cs) resulting from the Chernobyl accident.

Design

Prospective cross-sectional study using exposed/unexposed design conducted in the Bryansk region from May 2009 to May 2013 on children selected on the basis of ¹³⁷Cs soil deposition: control territories ([¹³⁷Cs]<37 kBq per square metre, where children were considered as unexposed) and contaminated territories ([¹³⁷Cs]>555 kBq per square metre, where children were considered as exposed).

Setting

Russian territories affected by the Chernobyl fallout (Bryansk region).

Participants

This cross-sectional study included 18 152 children aged 2-18 years and living in the Bryansk region

SUBMITTER: Jourdain JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875654 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature