CYTOGENETIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION FROM CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT ON HUMANS AND ANIMALS IN THE CONTAMINATED AREA OF BELARUS

Cytogenetic monitoring of amphibian and rodent populatiotis, and children from the radiocontaminated regions of the Republic of Belarus was conducted as a follow up to Chernobyl nuclear accident. A statistically significant increase in the levels of cytogenetic damage in bone marrow cells of amphibi...

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Autores: YELISEEVA, Klavdiya, MIKHALEVICH, Ludmila, KARTEL, Nikolai
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30988
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/30988
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:chromosome aberrations
radionuclides
Chernobyl nuclear accident
bone marrow
lymphocytes
children amphibians
rodents
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Sumario:Cytogenetic monitoring of amphibian and rodent populatiotis, and children from the radiocontaminated regions of the Republic of Belarus was conducted as a follow up to Chernobyl nuclear accident. A statistically significant increase in the levels of cytogenetic damage in bone marrow cells of amphibians and rodents and in peripheral blood lymphocytes of children was found. The presence of chromosometypeaberrations supports the conclusion that radiation is the causative agent. However, no direct relationship between the level of radionuclide contamination and the degree of the cytogenetic damage was found.