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Radiation effects in lymphocytes of children living in a Chernobyl contaminated region of Belarus.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Oct 2000
Mikhalevich L S, De Zwart F A, Perepetskaya G A, Chebotareva N V, Mikhalevich E A, Tates A D
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate cytogenetic and mutational effects in lymphocytes from individuals chronically exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl catastrophe. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nine years after the Chernobyl accident (1986), peripheral blood lymphocytes from 20 Kalinkovichi children (age 10-15) and 10 Minsk children (age 10-17) were analysed for genetic damage by several assays. Radiation damage in exposed...
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