CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS OF PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES FROM PERSONS EXPOSED TORADIOACTIVE FALLOUT IN NORWAY FROM THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

Authors
BROGGER A REITAN JB STRAND P AMUNDSEN I
Citation
A. Brogger et al., CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS OF PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTES FROM PERSONS EXPOSED TORADIOACTIVE FALLOUT IN NORWAY FROM THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, Mutation research. Section on environmental mutagenesis and related subjects, 361(2-3), 1996, pp. 73-79
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity","Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Mutation research. Section on environmental mutagenesis and related subjects → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651161
Volume
361
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
73 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1161(1996)361:2-3<73:CAOPLF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Chromosome analysis of peripheral lymphocytes from two Norwegian popul ations (44 reindeer herding South samis from Roros and Snasa, 12 sheep farmers from Valdres) exposed to fallout from the Chernobyl accident were made. The doses from caesium through the years 1987-1991 were cal culated based on whole-body measurements of Cs-134 and Cs-137 giving a total cumulative mean internal dose of 5.54 mSv for the total group o f 56 persons. Chromosome aberrations were within the normal range when compared with historical controls with the exception of dicentrics (0 .3% per cell, which is a 10-fold increase) and rings (0.07% per cell). A dose-dependent increase in dicentrics and rings based on caesium ex posure was not observed.