Publications

Scientific Papers and Posters

Studies of Health Effects from Nuclear Testing near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, Kazakhstan. Grosche B, Zhunussova T, Apsalikov K, Kesminiene A. Central Asian Journal of Global Health, 2015, Volume 4, No. 1.

Posters

Cohort study of residents near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan - feasibility assessment. Ghassan B. Hamra, Sara J. Schonfeld, Kazbek Aspalikov, Bernd Grosche, Shinji Yoshinaga, Tamara Zhunussova, Ausrele Kesminiene on behalf of the SEMI-NUC study group.

Abstracts

Identification of sources and mechanisms in determination of health effects for prospective studies among residents living near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. Tamara Zhunussova, Astrid Liland, Alicja Jaworska, Tatyana Belikhina, Kazbek Apsalikov, Sergey Lukashenko, Gulmara Kenzhina, Shinji Yoshinaga, Bernd Grosche, Sara Schonfeld, Ghassan Hamra, Ausrele Kesminiene. 10 June 2014.

 

Relevant references

  • Chaizhunusova N, Yang TC, Land C, Luckyanov N, Wu H, Apsalikov KN, Madieva M. Biodosimetry study in Dolon and Chekoman villages in the vicinity of Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. J Radiat Res. 2006 Feb;47 Suppl A:A165-9.

  • Grosche B, Lackland DT, Land CE, Simon SL, Apsalikov KN, Pivina LM, Bauer S, Gusev BI. Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in the Semipalatinsk historical cohort, 1960-1999, and its relationship to radiation exposure. Radiat Res. 2011 Nov;176(5):660-9. Epub 2011 Jul 25.

  • Land CE, Zhumadilov Z, Gusev BI, Hartshorne MH, Wiest PW, Woodward PW, Crooks LA, Luckyanov NK, Fillmore CM, Carr Z,Abisheva G, Beck HL, Bouville A, Langer J, Weinstock R, Gordeev KI, Shinkarev S, Simon SL. Ultrasound-detected thyroid nodule prevalence and radiation dose from fallout. Radiat Res. 2008 Apr; 169(4):373-83.

  • Drozdovitch V, Schonfeld S, Akimzhanov K, Aldyngurov D, Land CE, Luckyanov N, Mabuchi K, Potischman N, Schwerin MJ,Semenova Y, Tokaeva A, Zhumadilov Z, Bouville A, Simon SL. Behavior and food consumption pattern of the population exposed in 1949-1962 to fallout from Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan. Radiat Environ Biophys. 2011 Mar;50(1):91-103.

  • Sigurdson AJ, Land CE, Bhatti P, Pineda M, Brenner A, Carr Z, Gusev BI, Zhumadilov Z, Simon SL, Bouville A, Rutter JL, Ron E,Struewing JP. Thyroid nodules, polymorphic variants in DNA repair and RET-related genes, and interaction with ionizing radiation exposure from nuclear tests in Kazakhstan. Radiat Res. 2009 Jan;171(1):77-88.

  • Simon SL, Beck HL, Gordeev K, Bouville A, Anspaugh LR, Land CE, Luckyanov N, Shinkarev S. External dose estimates for Dolon village: application of the U.S./Russian joint methodology. J Radiat Res. 2006 Feb;47 Suppl A:A143-7.

  • Gordeev K, Shinkarev S, Ilyin L, Bouville A, Hoshi M, Luckyanov N, Simon SL. Retrospective dose assessment for the population living in areas of local fallout from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site Part II: Internal exposure to thyroid. J Radiat Res. 2006 Feb;47 Suppl A:A137-41.

  • Gordeev K, Shinkarev S, Ilyin L, Bouville A, Hoshi M, Luckyanov N, Simon SL. Retrospective dose assessment for the population living in areas of local fallout from the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site Part I: External exposure. J Radiat Res. 2006 Feb;47 Suppl A:A129-36.