Recall of residential history and dietary habits during pregnancy and lactation in the distant past: reliability of questionnaire-based radiation doses for persons exposed in utero and early life
This study evaluates the reliability of information obtained by standardized questionnaires used in by personal interviews for estimation of radiation thyroid doses of 1065 individuals in the Belarusian cohort of individuals who were exposed in utero and early life following the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Data from two interviews conducted in 2012-2017 and in 2018-2022 with mothers, who were pregnant or gave birth shortly after the Chernobyl accident, were analysed. The most reliable answers dealt with various attributes related to residential history. In contrast, the reliability of answers regarding consumption ra...
Source: Radiation and Environmental Biophysics - August 4, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Vladimir Drozdovitch Tatiana Kukhta Victor Minenko Sergey Trofimik Ilya Veyalkin Vasilina Yauseyenka Kiyohiko Mabuchi Alexander Rozhko Source Type: research

HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening Policies and Practices in 18 Countries, Territories and Entities across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
CONCLUSIONS: Cervical cancer prevention services in this region are very limited. Achieving the WHO Global Strategy targets by 2030 will require substantial investments in capacity building by international development organisations.PMID:37247301 | DOI:10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.5.1781 (Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention)
Source: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - May 29, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Philip Davies Igor Aluloski Diyora Aluloski Jelena Brcanski Aliaksandr Davidzenka Akjemal Durdyeva Saida Gayrat Umarzoda Kemal Goshliyev Verica Jovanovic Levan Jugeli Merita Kocinaj-Berisha Galina Maistruk Tamara Naumovic Aida Pilav Gulnara Rzayeva Karine Source Type: research