Genetic effect of low doses of radiation in occupationally exposed workers in coal mines and in coal fired plants.
Analyses of structural aberrations of chromosomes and of the body burden of lead-210 were carried out in a group of workers occupationally exposed to chemical pollutants and low doses of ionizing radiation during a technological process in which coal is used as fuel. A parallel study was performed in a control group of workers. In the exposed group the percentage of chromatid and chromosome aberrations and the results of radiochemical analyses were higher than in the control group.
D000328:Adult; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive; D001822:Body Burden; D002842:Chromatids / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003031:Coal; D003032:Coal Mining; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000652:urine; D008875:Middle Aged; D011210:Power Plants; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013997:Time Factors
D003031:Coal; D011868:Radioisotopes; D007854:Lead