Radiation Epidemiology capacity in dealing with the problems of radiation safety in medical exposure

Title: Radiation Epidemiology capacity in dealing with the problems of radiation safety in medical exposure

Author: Tsyb A.F., Ivanov V.K., Biryukov A.P.

Reference: Radiation and Lisk 2008 vol.17 No.2

Keywords: accident at the Chernobyl NPP,   radiation diagnosis and radiation therapy,    liquidators,   radiation-epidemiological analysis

Abstract: Latest data of radiation-epidemiological studies allow making suggestion that methods and means of radiation epidemiology can be used for purposes of radiological protection for medical exposure. Basic principles of the use of population-based approach to the assessment of radiation risk of medical exposure to ionizing radiation are discussed in the article. Analysis of results obtained in population radiation and epidemiological studies of health effects of the Chernobyl accident allows authors to draw conclusion that doses obtained as a result of radiological procedures are not critical for delayed development of cancer.

URL: http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/vozmozhnosti-radiatsionnoy-epidemiologii-pri-reshenii-problem-radiatsionnoy-bezopasnosti-meditsinskogo-oblucheniya

Mental function following scalp irradiation during childhood

Author: E. Ron, B. Modan, S. Flora et al.

Reference: Am. J. Epidemiol. — 1982. — Vol. 116. — P. 149–160.

Keywords: tinea captis treatment, radiation therapy, neurological consequences

Abstract: Between 1950 and 1960 about 20,000 israeli children were treated for tinea capitis by x-ray therapy as part of a large public health campaign to eradicate the disease. Dosimetric studies determined that these children were subjected to a mean brain dose of 130 rads. Almost 20 years later, possible radiation effects on the central nervous system were evaluated by comparing several measures of mental and brain function in approximately 11,000 of the irradiated children and in two nonirradiated, tinea-free comparison groups: (a) ethnic, sex- and age-matched individuals from the general population, and (b) siblings. While not all comparisons were statistically significant, there was a consistent trend for the irradiated subjects to exhibit signs of central nervous system inpairment more often than either comparison group. The irradiated children had lower examination scores on scholastic aptitude, intelligence quotient (IQ) and psychologic tests, completed fewer school grades, and had an increased risk for mental hospital admissions for certain disease categories. A slightly higher frequency of mental retardation was also suggested. These-long-lasting scholastic and mental health effects lead the authors to conclude that radiation to the immature brain may cause damage to the central nervous system.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7102650

Endoscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract diseases among Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident liquidators in the remote period

Title: Endoscopic diagnosis of gastrointestinal tract diseases among Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident liquidators in the remote period

Author: Ivanova, Svetlana Vasilyevna

Reference: Moscow, 2005

Keywords: radiodiagnosis, radiation therapy, endoscopic diagnosis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liquidators, remote period after the accident

Abstract: Research aim; to study the structure and characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract diseases among Chernobyl nuclear power plant liquidators in the late period with the subsequent development of recommendations for diagnostic procedures and dispensary observation of this contingent of patients.

URL:http://www.dissercat.com/content/endoskopicheskaya-diagnostika-zabolevanii-zheludochno-kishechnogo-trakta-u-likvidatorov-posl

Evaluation of the reticulocyte micronucleus assay in patients treated with radioiodine for thyroid cancer

Title: Evaluation of the reticulocyte micronucleus assay in patients treated with radioiodine for thyroid cancer

Author: Grawé, Jan / Biko, Johannes / Lorenz, Reinhard / Reiners, Christoph / Stopper, Helga / Vershenya, Stanislav / Vukicevic, Vladimir / Hempel, Klaus

Reference: Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 583 (1), p.12-25, May 2005

doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2005.01.010

Keywords: Radioiodine; Radiation therapy; Micronuclei; Immature; Reticulocytes; Biological dosimetry; Flow cytometry

Abstract: …patients during the radioiodine treatment for thyroid cancer. Most patients were children or young adults, who have developed thyroid cancer years after the reactor accident of Chernobyl. Some details about the treatment and…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383571805000574