3rd Edition . Kyiv, Universitarium . 2011. - 592 s. The most comprehensive review in the world literature of medical, environmental and biological research on the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster for the population and nature In Part I (authors A. In. Apples and B. B. Nesterenko) considered the geographical and environmental features of pollution of territories, in part II (A. In. Apples and N. E. Preobrazhenskaya) considered data on overall morbidity and mortality, features of the incidence of diseases of various organs and systems in radioactively contaminated areas, in part III (A. In. Apples, A. In. Nesterenko, N. E. Preobrazhenskaya) - consequences for nature, and in part IV (B. B. Nesterenko, A. In. Nesterenko) - ways to minimize the consequences of the Catastrophe for the affected population . Methodological approaches to identifying the impact of Chernobyl pollution .