Childhood leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin diseases in Eastern Romania between 1980 and 1994

The greatest power plant accident released into the environment large quantities of radioactive materials and consequently human exposure raised in surrounding territories. Romania, by his geographical position was amongst the most unfortunate countries and his Eastem territory was the most exposed [1]. We wanted to find out if some childhood malignant disorders as leukaemia, lymphoma and Hodgkin disease incidence were influenced by the exposure levels.