HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE CHERNOBYL CATASTROPHE IN CHILDREN

Authors
STEPANOVA EI KONDRASHOVA VG DAVIDENKO OA KNYAZEVA OB GALICHANSKAYA TY
Citation
Ei. Stepanova et al., HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE CHERNOBYL CATASTROPHE IN CHILDREN, Gematologia i transfuziologia, 37(7-8), 1992, pp. 31-33
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Gematologia i transfuziologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
02345730
Volume
37
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1992
Pages
31 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0234-5730(1992)37:7-8<31:HEOTCC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A total of 878 children from the regions with unfavourable radiation s ituation were investigated in varying periods after the catastrophe. T he data obtained were compared with the results of the study of 317 ch ildren from ''pure'' regions. Morphological, metabolic and ultrastruct ural changes were detected in blood cells of the children from radioac tively contaminated regions after the Chernobyl catastrophe. A tendenc y to normalization of these parameters was noted in the time course of the post-catastrophe period. No clear relationship was established be tween the dose and effect. However, significant correlations between t he severity of disorders in blood cells and the intensity of free-radi cal processes in the body were recorded.