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Children of chernobyl cleanup workers do not show elevated rates of mutations in minisatellite alleles.
Radiation research - 1 Jan 2001
Livshits L A, Malyarchuk S G, Kravchenko S A, Matsuka G H, Lukyanova E M, Antipkin Y G, Arabskaya L P, Petit E, Giraudeau F, Gourmelon P, Vergnaud G, Le Guen B
Abstract excerpt
The disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in April 1986 was accompanied by the release of large amounts of radioisotopes, resulting in the contamination of extensive regions of the Ukraine, Byelorus and the Russian Federation. Cleanup workers (liquidators) and people living on land contaminated with radioactive materials were most exposed. To assess the genetic effects of exposure to ionizing radiation...
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