Chromosomal aberrations and parameters of oxidative stress in Chernobyl clean-up workers in a remote period after ionizing radiation
Neronova, E.G.; Nikiforov, A.M.; Slozina, N.M.; Zybina, N.N.; Makarova, N.V.; Timofeeva, M.N.
Tsitologiia 46(6): 561-566
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3771 PMID: 15341133 Document Number: 582655
This investigation was performed to test a supposition about the influence of disturbances in antioxidative system on cytogenetical parameters in Chernobyl' clean-up workers. It was shown that some cytogenetical parameters straightly correlated with the parameters of oxidative stress, while other cytogenetical parameters show just reverse correlations. Apparently, these relationships are not of cause-and-effect type, but they reflect a complex processes occurring in humans for a long period after radiation exposure.