Comparative assessment of indicators of overall level and patterns of disease with cytogenetic indices in children and adolescents living in the contaminated areas of the Kaluga Region after the accident of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Author: N.O. Omapaskhabov
Reference: Dissertation, 2007
Keywords: demography, somatic abnormalities, digestive system
Abstract: For the first time, a comprehensive comparative evaluation is carried out of the dynamics of demographic indicators, indicators of the overall level and structure of newly diagnosed disease, as well as cytogenetic indices in child population living for 20 years in the contaminated areas following the accident of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Implements, in the initial -“iodine”- period of the Chernobyl accident, direct measurements of absorbed doses of the thyroid gland (TG) in children of Zhizdra area, allowing, for the first time, to evaluate the observed functional changes in the thyroid depending on the individual doses of incorporated radionuclides of iodine. Determines the role of cytogenetic damage in the development of somatic abnormalities in children with elevated levels of chromosomal aberrations. Especially in prenatally irradiated cases, morphological and functional changes in the thyroid gland diseases in the respiratory and digestive system, are more often encountered. The results obtained in general: Materials of the research formed the basis for the planning of socio-economic measures and medical administration of the Kaluga region in the contaminated areas after the Chernobyl accident …