[The epileptiform reactions of the human brain to prolonged exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation].
1125 inhabitants of Slavutich city where workers of the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station and their families live, have been electroencephalographically examined. The reasons for the medical check-up involved specific complaints of a headache, dizziness, nightmares, early waking up in the mornings and sometimes seizures. Disorders of the bioelectrical activity of paroxysmal nature were revealed in 286 cases (197 children of 3-17 years, 99 adults of 18-50 years). The epileptiform findings seem to be related to the ionising radiation. The latency for a high (single or repeated) dose may be short (or minimal), and for a long-term effect of small doses--3-6 years. The latency was more or less similar and depended on a number of biophysical factors for the majority of the examined inhabitants of Slavutich city: children as well as adults (including those who work at the Chernobyl Atomic Power Station).
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004463:Ecology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000528:radiation effects; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011210:Power Plants; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000009:adverse effects; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014455:Ukraine; D014505:Urban Population
D011847:Radioactive Fallout