Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- The Speaking of the Unspeakable: Regarding the Aesthetics of 'Chernobyl' -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Evil Star : Mythologization of Story -- The Elephant Foot: Fiction of the Documentary -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Congenital Malformations at the Chernobyl Territories and Among Posterity of Liquidators (Review) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Review of Data on CM on the Radioactive Polluted Territories as a Result of the Chernobyl Accident -- Discussion of Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 3 -- Chernobyl and New Knowledge about the Impact of Low Doses of Radiation -- 1Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia -- 2Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine -- 3State Institution "National Research Center for Radiation Medicine of National Academy of Medical Sciences", Kiev, Ukraine -- 4Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, US -- 5Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Evolution, Universite de Paris-Sud, Paris, France -- 6Radioecological Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Results and Discussion -- Features of the Biological Action of Low dose Radiation -- Wildlife Chernobyl: Strong Negative Effects on the Abundance and Biodiversity -- Investigations of the Bird Communities Revealed Variability in Radiosensitivity -- On the Health Effects of Radiation Exposure -- On the Health Condition of Liquidators of the Chernobyl Accident -- New Radiocerebral Effects -- Radiation and Landscape Factors of Child Morbidity -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 4.

Case Study: Long Term Consequences of Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons and Chernobyl Disaster on Territory of South Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 3.1. Radionuclides in Surface Water -- 3.1.1. Tritium -- 3.1.2. Strontium 90 and Caesium 137 -- 3.2. Radionuclides in Sediments -- 3.3. Radionuclides in Fish and Aquatic Flora -- 3.4. Assessment of Radionuclides Outflows -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Stress Adaptation of Microscopic Fungi from around of Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station -- A. N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- References -- Biographical Sketch -- Chapter 6 -- Radiation and Risk of Hematological Malignancies in the Chernobyl Clean-up Workers: A Review of Recent Literature -- Short Communication -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Cohort Study -- Case Control Studies -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

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