[ RadSafe ] Chernobyl-related abortions

[Steven Dapra]

March 10

         Read the one page paper by 
Trichopoulos.  The authors explain their 
methodology for sorting out.  Br Med J (Clin Res 
Ed). 1987 October 31; 295(6606): 1100.

Steven Dapra


At 07:28 AM 3/10/2010, Franz Schönhofer wrote:
>Hej Björn,
>
>Thank you for your work on that topic. But we know that quite a lot of women
>regard abortion as a method of birth control!!!! So how an d by which
>criteria can abortion be attributed to Chernobyl fear especially since it is
>already under normal circumstances ridiculously high? How were the reasons
>for abortion sorted out?
>
>Good questions and another proof that radiation protection is associated
>with quite a number of other topics not only economical ones, but especially
>ethical ones.
>
>Franz
>
>Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
>MinRat i.R.
>Habicherg. 31/7
>A-1160 Wien/Vienna
>AUSTRIA
>
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] Im Auftrag von Bjorn Cedervall
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. März 2010 13:02
>An: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
>Betreff: Re: [ RadSafe ] Chernobyl-related abortions
>
>
>I checked the references below (and about ten more - mainly from the same
>"Biomed and Pharmacother" - Vol. 45, 1991). First, the "Anynomous" in J.
>Nucl Medicine (April and June issues, 1987) seems to be Linda E. Ketchum -
>it would be interesting to contact her if possible (where?).
>
>What I tried to focus on in these papers is where the 100 000 - 200 000
>"extra" abortions estimate comes from (probably IAEA but I cannot find an
>exact reference).
>
>For Greece (Trichopoulos et al., 1987) an estimate indicates about 2500  and
>for Italy (Spinelli & Osborn, 1991) the number of such abortions has been
>estimated by using different models but if we give it 30 per day (my choice
>here) the bottom line would land in the order of 5000. No such effect seems
>to have been observed in Finland whereas Denmark showed a slight increase in
>some areas (can probably be challenged statistically). This far, I haven't
>seen any corresponding estimations for former Soviet Union or Central
>Europe.
>
>My personal comment only,
>
>Bjorn Cedervall  bcradsafers at hotmail.com
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> > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:19:12 -0700
> > To: Jack_N_Earley at RL.gov; radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
> > From: sjd at swcp.com
> > Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Chernobyl-related abortions
> >
> > March 9
> >
> > These may prove helpful.
> >
> > Knudsen, L. B., 1991, "Legally-induced abortions in Denmark after
> > Chernobyl," Biomed and Pharmacother, 45:229-231.
> >
> > Spinelli, A., and J. F. Osborn, 1991, "The effects of the Chernobyl
> > explosion on induced abortion in Italy," Biomed and Pharmacother,
>45:243-247.
> >
> > D Trichopoulos, X Zavitsanos, C Koutis, P Drogari, C Proukakis, and E
>Petridou
> > The victims of chernobyl in Greece: induced abortions after the accident.
> > Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1987 October 31; 295(6606): 1100.
> > (These authors estimate that in 1986, in Greece, about 2500 abortions
> > were performed because of perceived radiation risk from Chernobyl.)
> >
> > Anonymous Newsline: Lessons of Chernobyl, Part II. J. Nucl. Med.
> > 1987; 28:933-42.