Published May 2019 | Version v1
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The investigation of micronuclei frequency distribution for exposed and unexposed personnel to ionizing radiation

Creators

  • 1. Permanent address: Medical Center for Diagnosis, Ambulatory Treatment and Preventive Medicine, 8-10, Wahington str., 11794 Bucharest (Romania)
  • 2. University of Bucharet, Faculty of Physics, Doctoral School on Physics, 405, Atomistilor str., 077125 Magurele (Ilfov) (Romania)
  • 3. National Institute of Public Health, 1-3, Doctor Leonte Anastasievici str., 050463 Bucharest (Romania)
  • 4. University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Departament of Structure of Matter, Earth and Atmospheric Physics and Astrophysics, 405, Atomistilor str., 077125 Magurele - Ilfov (Romania)

Description

To establish at which extent the micronuclei (MN) frequency is influenced by occupational exposure to ionizing radiation, peripheral blood samples collected from 2151 subjects of both genders, smokers and non-smokers were analyzed. Among them, 378 (17.6%) were unexposed while the other 1773 (82.4%) were exposed to ionizing radiation for periods between 1 year and more than 30 years, at levels never over-passing legally regulated limits. The final results showed that for all investigated categories, MN frequency monotonously increases with the age by 1.75 ± 0.17 times in the case of exposed subjects, but independent on gender and smoking habit. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncy155

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncy155;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Journal Volume
183
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 397-402
ISSN
0144-8420

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
50047232
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
BLOOD; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEGAL ASPECTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PERSONNEL MONITORING; SMOKES
Descriptors DEC
AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; DOSIMETRY; MATERIALS; MONITORING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATIONS; RESIDUES; SOLS

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