MORPHOLOGICAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF LYMPHOCY TES 6 YEARS AFTER THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

The examination of peripheral blood lymphocytes from persons exposed t o low-dose radiation after the Chernobyl accident demonstrated that th e exposure to radiation at the time of the accident and further living in the contaminated territory entail a significant increase in the nu mber of cells with a large thick nucleus and scare cytoplasm. Such mor phological picture may be attributed to stable adaptation typical for persistent activation of the general adaptation syndrome and is explai ned by adaptation-stress relations.