Petridou et al. [1] have reported an increase in infant leukemia in Greek children born between 1/7/86 and 31/12/87 and have
linked this increase to
in utero radiation exposure due to the Chernobyl accident. Subsequently, Michaelis et al. [2] have reported a similar trend for Germany
but found that it was not correlated to the levels of contamination. For Belarus, which was much more severely affected, a
similar but much weaker trend is found.
Received: 2 January 1998 / Accepted in revised form: 23 January 1998