Children Exposed to Chronic Contamination after the Chernobyl Accident: Cytogenetic and Radiotoxicological Analyses

• Published in: Archives of environmental health Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 344 - 346
• Main Authors: Grollino, Maria G., Eleuteri, Patrizia, Mark, Fong L., Bazzarri, Sandro, Cavallo, Delia, Crescenzi, Giovanni Serlupi, Vita, Raffaele de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.1998; Heldref
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Biological effects of radiation; Body Burden; Child; Chromosome Aberrations; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Italy; Lymphocytes; Male; Power Plants; Radioactive Fallout; Radioactive Hazard Release; Radiocontamination; Tissues, organs and organisms biophysics; Ukraine; Belarus; Eurasia; Eastern Europe; Europe; Russia; Italy; Ukraine; Human; Chromosomal aberration; Ionizing radiation; Accident; Toxicity; Low dose; Cytogenetics; Radioactive contamination; Nuclear explosion; Biological effect; Child; Lymphocyte
• ISSN: 0003-9896
• DOI: 10.1080/00039899809605719

In this study, we describe cytogenetic studies of lymphocytes obtained from children who were exposed after the Chernobyl accident to low doses of ionizing radiation. We sought to determine possible chromosomal damage relative to internal contamination, as measured by whole-body counter and urine ra...