Article
Elevated frequency of glycophorin A mutations in erythrocytes from Chernobyl accident victims.
Radiation research - 1 Feb 1995
Jensen R H, Langlois R G, Bigbee W L, Grant S G, Moore D, Pilinskaya M, Vorobtsova I, Pleshanov P
Abstract excerpt
In 1986, when an explosion accident occurred at the Chernobyl, Ukraine nuclear power plant, a large number of people were exposed to significant amounts of ionizing radiation. During the time between 1986 and 1992, peripheral blood samples were obtained from 102 people who either were on site during the emergency or were brought to Chernobyl shortly thereafter to assist in the cleanup of radioactive contaminants...
Topics
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Glycophorins
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Power Plants
- Radioactive Hazard Release
- Ukraine