Genetic Monitoring of the Human Population from High-Level Natural Radiation Areas of Kerala on the Southwest Coast of India. II. Incidence of Numerical and Structural Chromosomal Aberrations in the Lymphocytes of Newborns

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Cytogenetic studies using cord blood samples from newborns from high-level natural radiation areas of the Kerala coast in Southwest India have been in progress since 1986. A total of 963,940 metaphases from 10,230 newborns have been screened for various types of chromosomal aberrations. Comparison of 8,493 newborns (804,212 cells) from high-level natural radiation areas (dose rate >1.5 mGy/year) and 1,737...

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