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Childhood Cancer in the Vicinity of German Nuclear Power Plants
| Author | Alfred Körblein, Wolfgang Hoffmann |
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| Date | August 1999 |
| Classification | 6.01.4.60/50 (RADIATION - AROUND FACILITIES) |
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From the publication:
Childhood Cancer in the Vicinity of German Nuclear Power Plants Alfred Körblein, Ph.D., Wolfgang Hoffmann, MD, MPH Medicine & Global Survival, August 1999; Vol. 6, No. 1 Abstract An epidemiologic study published in 1997 reported no significant rise in childhood cancer rates around West German nuclear power plants. The conclusions of this study were extensively used by politicians and lobbyists as proof of no increased cancer risk around nuclear power plants. A reanalysis of the data, however, reveals a statistically significant increase of childhood cancers (all malignancies) when the evaluation is restricted to commercial power reactors, the vicinities closest to the plants, and children of the youngest age group (0-4 years). The findings remain unchanged when the Krümmel reactor, with its known leukemia cluster, is excluded from the analysis. [M&GS 1999;6:18-23]