The indications of health of grandchildren of persons exposed to the professional external gamma-irradiation

Journal Article · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:107310

Petrushkina, N P; Musatkova, O B; Okladnikova, N D ^[1]

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1. Institute of Biophysics, Chelyabinsk (Russian Federation)

The results of many years` observation of the health state of grandchildren of persons exposed to professional chronic irradiation before their conception are presented. No differences in physical development, in morbidity level and structure, in frequency of inborn defects of development are noticed. There are also no differences between the main and control groups, according to the test of chromosome aberrations in peripherical blood lymphocytes genome. The multifactoral analysis discovered no effect of the grandparent`s irradiation on the arising of disorders in their grandchildren`s state of health and the role of factors of nonradiation nature (medical, biological, social) has been confirmed in arising of number of disorders among children under observation: hypotrophia, allergic diathesis, frequent morbidity, inborn defects of development.

• OSTI ID: 107310
• Report Number(s): CONF-920957--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Issue: Suppl.1 Vol. 67; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CHILDREN
CHRONIC IRRADIATION
CONGENITAL DISEASES
DISEASE INCIDENCE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
LYMPHOCYTES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PERSONNEL