TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytogenetic studies of populations exposed to Chernobyl fallout
AU - Lloyd, D. C.
PY - 2005/2
Y1 - 2005/2
N2 - This review considers chromosome aberration studies, mainly using the dicentric assay, of persons continuously resident in areas of Chernobyl fallout and others, evacuated from highly contaminated places, and relocated sometimes to areas of lesser contamination. It has been possible to use cytogenetics to estimate group mean doses that could be used as representative of dose to the wider communities from which the study subjects were drawn. This is an important supplement to physical reconstruction of doses as an input to epidemiology. There are indications from the cytogenetics that in some instances, modelling committed doses from environmental monitoring data have underestimated the population dose.
AB - This review considers chromosome aberration studies, mainly using the dicentric assay, of persons continuously resident in areas of Chernobyl fallout and others, evacuated from highly contaminated places, and relocated sometimes to areas of lesser contamination. It has been possible to use cytogenetics to estimate group mean doses that could be used as representative of dose to the wider communities from which the study subjects were drawn. This is an important supplement to physical reconstruction of doses as an input to epidemiology. There are indications from the cytogenetics that in some instances, modelling committed doses from environmental monitoring data have underestimated the population dose.
KW - Biodosimetry
KW - Chernobyl accident
KW - Chromosomal aberrations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33646461919&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ics.2004.11.036
DO - 10.1016/j.ics.2004.11.036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33646461919
SN - 0531-5131
VL - 1276
SP - 33
EP - 36
JO - International Congress Series
JF - International Congress Series
ER -