INCREASED LEVEL OF CHROMOSOMAL-ABERRATIONS IN LYMPHOCYTES OF CHERNOBYL LIQUIDATORS 6-10 YEARS AFTER THE ACCIDENT

Authors
SLOZINA N NERONOVA E KHARCHENKO T NIKIFOROV A
Citation
N. Slozina et al., INCREASED LEVEL OF CHROMOSOMAL-ABERRATIONS IN LYMPHOCYTES OF CHERNOBYL LIQUIDATORS 6-10 YEARS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, Mutation research, 379(2), 1997, pp. 121-125
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Biology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Mutation research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00275107
Volume
379
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
121 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-5107(1997)379:2<121:ILOCIL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Chromosomal aberrations (CA) were used to investigate the level of cyt ogenetical damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes from the liquidators in a remote period (6-10 years) after the Chernobyl accident. There w as a significantly higher frequency of chromosomal radiation markers ( dicentrics and rings) in the peripheral lymphocytes of the liquidators than in the control subjects. No differences between these groups wer e demonstrated by the micronucleus (MN) test. Increased frequency of c hromatid exchanges was associated with the smoking habits of the liqui dators. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.