Exposure from the Chernobyl accident had adverse effects on erythrocytes, leukocytes, and, platelets in children in the Narodichesky region, Ukraine: A 6-year follow-up study

Table 2 Villages, soil contamination, number of participating children and measurements ^ψ

Village	Quintile	Soil contamination ¹³⁷Caesium (kBq/m²)	Children		Repeated measurements
			Number	% (n = 1247)	Number	% (n = 4,981)
Brodnik		59	11	0.9	37	0.7
Slavkovci		67	9	0.7	36	0.7
Liplanchina		76
Vyasovka		79	60	4.8	262	5.3
Rubegivka	0	80	50	4.0	205	4.1
Radcha		82
Ovruch		102	4	0.3	14	0.3
N. Radcha		104
Klochki		105	25	2.0	79	1.6
Gresla		102	5	0.4	29	0.6
Norinci		112	71	5.7	305	6.1
Guto-Mariatyn		116	24	1.9	97	1.9
Babinichi		126	9	0.7	45	0.9
Laski		127	75	6.0	317	6.4
Jerev	1	130	28	2.2	111	2.2
Bolotnica		131	53	4.3	182	3.7
Davidki		132	8	0.6	38	0.8
Latashi		134	46	3.7	214	4.3
Snytiche		152	9	0.7	39	0.8
Bogdanovka		161
O. Dorogyn		165	51	4.1	220	4.4
Zakusily		165	35	2.8	120	2.4
N. Dorogin		169	22	1.8	71	1.4
Slavichina		170	7	0.6	30	0.6
Odruby	2	190	6	0.5	11	0.2
Zalesie		198	55	4.4	217	4.4
Suharevka		210	20	1.6	64	1.3
Moteyki		224	29	2.3	132	2.7
Gunichu		225	12	1.0	32	0.6
Megeliska		236
Yajberen		253	19	1.5	90	1.8
Rudnya Basarskaya	3	266	116	9.3	486	9.8
Selec		310
Narodichi		350	279	22.4	1,049	21.1
Basar	4	364	103	8.3	433	8.7
Rossohivske		608	6	0.5	16	0.3
Hristinovka		879

^ψ Villages with a small number of children/observations were merged for descriptive purposes.

ISSN: 1476-069X