The Lessons of Chernobyl : 25 Years Later.
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- Nuclear Materials and Disaster Research .
Intro -- THE LESSONS OF CHERNOBYL -- THE LESSONS OF CHERNOBYL -- Contents -- Preface -- Mortality of the Chernobyl Emergency Workers: Dose Dependence and Groups of Potential Risk -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Cohort Description -- Registration of Causes of Death in RNMDR -- Statistical Methods -- Method for Identifying Groups of Increased Radiation Risk -- Results -- Identification of Groups of Potential Radiation Risk -- Conclusion -- References -- Clinical Immunological Disorders in Children from Various Observation Cohorts Subject to Radiation Factor at Various Oncogenesis Stages -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Methods of Individual Retrospective Physical Dosimetry in the Problem of Assessment of Uncontrollable Irradiation Consequences -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Large-Scale 131I Activity Monitoring in Thyroid Gland (TG) of among Popualtion of Contaminated Territory of Kaluga Region during the Early -- Period after the Chernobyl Accident (May, 1986) and Assessment of Individual Absorbed Doses in TG -- Individual Internal Dose Assessment of the Whole Body by Long-Term Massive Monitoring (1986-1994) of 137Cs Activity in the Organism of Contaminated Kaluga and Bryansk Regions Residents -- Development and Application of Physical Instrumental and Calculation Methods of Retrospective Dosimetry Among the Population of the Territories Contaminated Following the Chernobyl Accident -- The Results of Application of Retrospective Dosimetry Method in the Territories Near the Semipalatinsk Test Site: The Example of the First Nuclear Test in the USSR on August 29, 1949 -- Conclusion -- References -- Medical Protection in Radiation Accidents: Some Results and Lessons of the Chernobyl Accident. Abstract -- References -- Chromosome Aberrations Level as an Indicator of Morbidity among Chernobyl Liquidators -- Abstract -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- References -- Molecular-Cellular Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident -- References -- Long-Term Medical Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident in Armenia Assessment of Life Quality and Accelerated Biological Aging of Accident Liquidators -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- 1. The Study of Sickness Rate in Liquidators -- 2. Assessment of the "Life Quality" of Liquidators -- 3. Accelerated Biological Aging of Liquidators -- Conclusion -- References -- The Immunity State of the Chernobyl Accident Consequences Liquidators with Cardiovascular System Diseases -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Late Consequences Hematopoiesis after Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Analysis of the Frequency of Occurrence of Malignant Formations and Immune Status Monitoring in Liquidators of the Chernobyl Accident Consequences for Their Early Diagnosis and Risk Group Identification -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- 1. Malignant Neoplasms Frequency of Occurrence and Structure in Liquidators of the Chernobyl Accident Consequences -- 2. Characterization of the Immune Status of Liquidators of the Chernobyl Accident Consequences -- 2.1. IS of Liquidators with Further Established MN Diagnosis (Group 1) -- 2.2. IS of the Liquidators with Established MN Diagnosis -- 2.3. IS of the Liquidators with Premalignancy -- 2.4. IS Features in Liquidators with Digestive System MNs. 2.5. IS Features of Liquidators with MNs of the Respiratory System -- 2.6. IS Features of Liquidators with Prostate Gland MNs -- 3. IS Characterization for SDR Group of Non-Participants in -- Liquidation of the Chernobyl Accident Consequences -- Conclusion -- References -- Long-Term and Transgeneration Molecular and Genetic Effects of Prolonged Radiation Exposure in Nuclear Industry Employees -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Characterization of RRHT Registrants' Genetic Material -- Molecular Genetic Studies Using DNA Samples from RRHT -- Analysis of the Immune Homeostasis Changes in RRHT Registrants -- Conclusion -- References -- Analysis of Genotypic Dependence of Chromosome Aberration Frequency in Human Lymphocytes Irradiated In Vivo and In Vitro -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Genetic Effects of Bystander Factors from Serums of Affected by the Chernobyl Accident Populations -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Study of Effects of Blood Sera from People, Affected by the Chernobyl Accident on Micronuclei Frequency in HPV-G Cells -- Study of the Effects of Blood Sera from People, Affected by the Chernobyl Accident on Metabolic Activity of HPV-G Cells -- Discussion -- References -- The Effect of Chronic Radiation Exposure of ChNNP Exclusion Zone on the Morfofunctional State and Reactivity of Organs and Tissues of Laboratory Animals -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Disscusion -- Haematological Blood Indices of Male Rats in Generations -- State of Genome in Blood Cells -- Calcium and Phosphorus Exchange in Blood Serum of Male Rats in Generations -- State of Testes and Epididymides of Rats in Generations -- State of Endocrine System of Male Rats in Generations. The Effect of Ecological Factors of ChNPP Exclusion Zone on -- Tumorigenesis and Course of the Tumor Process of Af Mice -- Conclusion -- References -- Participation of the Lipid Peroxidation Processes in the Mechanism of Wild Rodent Adaptation to Radioactive Contamination of the Chernobyl NPP Zone -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Test-Objects and Ecological Consequences -- The Effect of the Radioactive Contamination of the Environment on Characteristics and Composition of Lipids in Wild Rodent Tissues -- Estimation of Long-Term Biological Consequences of Wild Rodent Inhabiting under Unfavorable -- Radioecological Conditions -- Conclusion -- References -- Response of the Plant World on Chronic Irradiation in the Zone of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Impact of Radionuclide Contamination of Environment on Plants -- Relative Biological Efficiency of Acute and Chronic Irradiation -- Inner and Outer Irradiation of Plants -- Teratogenicity in Plants in the Zone of Chronic Irradiation -- Tumor Formation in Plants -- Radioadaptation -- Mutagenous Impact of Irradiation in Low Doses on Plants -- Induction of Genome Instability in Plants -- Collection of Chernobyl's Mutants of Winter Wheat -- Microevolution Processes -- Reparation -- References -- Effects of Low Dose Chronic Radiation and Heavy Metals on Plant-Pathogen Interactions -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Decrease of Plant Disease Resistance under -- Low Dose Chronic Irradiation -- Biochemical Mechanism of Decreasing in Plant -- Disease Resistance -- Changes in Population Structure of P. Graminis in 10-Km ChE Zone -- Pollutants and Virus Distribution in Cenoses -- Changes in the Development of Virus Infection -- Conclusion -- References. A Change in Efficiency of Protective Measures for Reduction of 137Cs Accumulation by Agricultural Plants in Various Periods after the Chernobyl Accident -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Effect of Protective Measures on 137Cs Accumulation in Agricultural Plants from the Soil after the Chernobyl Accident -- Dynamics of 137Cs Uptake to Crop Products -- Dynamics of 137Cs Delivery to the Forage Products -- The Effect of Protective Measures on Dynamics of 137Cs Uptake by Plants -- Regularities of 137Cs Transfer to Plants -- Simulation of 137Cs Transfer to Plants -- Assessment of the Role of Natural Processes, Protective Measures and Radioactive Decay in Reduction of 137Cs Accumulation by Agricultural Plants -- Forecasting of 137Cs Contamination Levels of Cultivated Lands, at Which Products Meeting Standards May be Obtained, with Respect tTo -- Protective Measures -- Forecasting of 137Cs Contamination Levels of Plough Filed, at Which Crop Products Meeting Radiological Standards May be Obtained -- Forecasting of 137Cs Contamination Levels of Cultivated Lands, at Which Forage Meeting Radiological Standards May be Produced -- Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Trace Elements in Radiation Protection of Crop Plants and Animals on Radionuclide Contaminated Territories of Polessye -- Abstract -- References -- General Trends in Radioactive Contamination of the Marine Environment from the Black Sea to Antarctic Ocean -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background and Overview of Results -- Black Sea: Radionuclide Inputs, Balance and Temporal Trends -- Black Sea - Mediterranean Transfer -- Transatlantic - Antarctic Survey -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Problems of the Long-Term Radiation Exposure of Aquatic Biota within the Chernobyl Accident Exclusion Zone -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion. Radiation Dose and Chromosomal Aberration Rates.