Chromosomal aberrations and sickness rates in chernobyl clean-up workers in the years following the accident

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 258-260

  Alexanin, Sergey S ^a   Slozina, Natalia M ^a   Neronova, Elizaveta G ^a   Makarova, Natalia V ^a  

^a All Russian Centre of Emergency and Radiation Medicine   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Chernobyl; Chromosome aberration; Health effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICS; UKRAINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DECONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; UKRAINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649133912     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181b66e42     Document Type: Article

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