Intellectual development of children exposed to radioactive iodine in utero and up to the age of 1.5 years old as a result of the Chernobyl accident
- 1. Research Clinic Institute of Radiating Medicine and Endocrinology, Minsk (Belarus)
- 2. Clinic and Policlinic of Nuclear Medicine, Wuerzburg University, Wuerzburg (Germany)
Description
Study of intellectual development of 235 children who were irradiated with radioiodine in utero and within the first year of life was performed in 1998-1999. The control group consisted of 105 children examined in ecologically clean zone. The study of intelligence was performed by using Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - WISC-III UK. In the group exposed to radiation prenatally (mean thyroid dose = 18.77 cGy, SD=28.77), comparisons of test scores didn't show statistically significant differences as compared with the control group. In the group exposed to radiation after birth (mean thyroid dose = 83.02 cGy, SD=66.05), significantly lower scores of the subtests Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement, Block Design and level of Performance IQ as compared to the controls were detected
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Radiation medicine
- Journal Volume
- 5
- Journal Issue
- 1-2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 151-154
- ISSN
- 1562-1154
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Ukraine
- Country of Input or Organization
- Ukraine
- INIS RN
- 35008572
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE DEPENDENCE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; CHILDREN; DELAYED RADIATION EFFECTS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODINE 131; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; PRENATAL IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSES; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; UPTAKE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; AGE GROUPS; ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; DOSES; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MAMMALS; MAN; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POWER REACTORS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; VERTEBRATES; WATER COOLED REACTORS