MICRONUCLEUS DETERMINATION AS A MEANS TO ASSESS RADIATION EXPOSURE

Radiation accidents require an easy to perform and rapid determination of the radiation response of the victim(s) affected by the exposure, Micronuclei in cytochalasin B blocked lymphocytes are able to serve th is purpose, Micronuclei are particularly useful when it comes to scree ning many exposed people after a more or less homogeneous whole body e xposure with a high dose rate. There are problems, as is the case for most biological indicators, with partial body (especially when it is d ue to internal emitters), chronic and fractionated exposure.