FUNCTIONAL STATE OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IN CHILDREN EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION AS A RESULT OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER
Title: FUNCTIONAL STATE OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM IN CHILDREN EXPOSED TO IONIZING RADIATION AS A RESULT OF THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER
Author: Kolpakov Igor E, Stepanova E I
Reference: Укр. мед. часопис. (Ukrainian Medical Journal) , №6(20) XI – XII 2000 г.
Keywords: respiratory system, functional state, children, ionizing radiation, Chernobyl disaster
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to assess the state of respiratory and nonrespiratory lung functions in children exposed to acute and chronic irradiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. Studies were performed among 1748 children aged from 5 to 14 years without respiratory diseases. The 1st principal group formed 784 children exposed to acute irradiation (evacuated from Pripyat town and Chernobyl nuclear power plant 30-km exclusion zone), the 2nd one — 964 children exposed to chronic irradiation (living in zones of radiation control). 840 children from radioactively «clean» regions formed the control group. An investigation of respiratory ventilation was performed by the method of pneumotachography using pharmacological inhalation test on latent bronchospasm. Nonrespiratory lung functions were studied by condensate of expired air (CEA).