Clinical and epidemiological features of chronic liver disease among the East Kazakhstan residents exposed to radiation from the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site

Abstract

Background The East Kazakhstan is a territory with radioecological distress caused by nuclear weapons tests performed from 1949 to 1989 at the former Semipalatinsk Test Site. The individual effective doses of external exposure in these areas range between 250-500 mSv. The goal of the study is epidemiological assessment of the chronic liver diseases in the region adjacent to the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. …