Problems of Radiation Medicine and Radiobiology

CYTOGENETIC EFFECTS IN CHОRNOBYL ACCIDENT CLEAN-UP WORKERS IN REMOTE TERMS FOLLOWING RADIATION EXPOSURE
[Article in Ukrainian]
O. V. Shemetun
SI “National Reseauch Center for Radiation Medicine, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine", Kyiv

The elevated chromosome aberrations frequency in blood lymphocytes of Chоrnobyl accident clean-up workers exposed to ionizing radiation in doses 0.27–0.69 Gy in 19 years following exposure formed due to translocations that were stored in the generation of irradiated target cells, and chromatid breaks induced by bystander-type effect in the untreated bystander cells had been established.

Кеy words: Chоrnobyl accident clean-up workers, chromosome aberrations, radioinduced bystander-type effect.

Probl. Radiac. Med. Radiobiol. 2011. Issue 16. P. 208–214.