Value of prophylactic investigation of thoracic organs in victims of the Chernobyl power plant disaster

Kharchenko, V.P.; Zubovskiĭ, G.A.; Tararukhina, O.B.

Voprosy Onkologii 45(1): 99-101

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758
PMID: 10941378
Document Number: 509380
Relatively low morbidity of tuberculosis of the lung (2 per 1,500) and comparatively high morbidity of ling cancer were reported in 1995-1997 among the liquidators of Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster. Risk of malignant disease involved in X-ray check-ups of the chest has been identified. Low diagnostic value of photoroentgenography for lung tumors has been reported.

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