The effect on lymphocyte chromosomes of additional radiation burden due to fallout in Salzburg (Austria) from the Chernobyl accident
Title: The effect on lymphocyte chromosomes of additional radiation burden due to fallout in Salzburg (Austria) from the Chernobyl accident
Author: J. Pohl-Rüling, O. Haas, A. Brogger, G. Obe, H. Lettner, F. Daschil, C. Atzmüller, D. Lloyd, R. Kubiak, A.T. Natarajan
Reference: Mutation Research Letters, Volume 262, Issue 3, March 1991, Pages 209–217
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-7992(91)90024-X
Keywords: Chromosome aberration; Chernobyl fallout; Radiation burden
Abstract: An investigation has been carried out to determine whether chromosome aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes reflect the elevated environmental dose of low-LET ionising radiation, mainly due to radiocesium from Chernobyl fallout, to the population living in Salzburg city. Sixteen volunteers were sampled 1 year after the Chernobyl accident. Two of these persons were also sampled before the accident, and then in 1988 and 1990. The radioactive environment of Salzburg city and the radiation burden of its inhabitants have been frequently determined before and after the accident. The Cs-137 content of the volunteers was measured by whole-body counting.
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