title: [An epidemiological method for studying the effect of elevated background radiation on the neuropsychic health of children].
abstract: The children living in 4 regions of Russia contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl catastrophe were investigated. The control group consisted of the children of 2 regions which did not undergo this influence. The investigations were made 1-3 years after the catastrophe took place. An increase of etiologically non-clear asthenic-vegetative disorders was determined in the regions of radiation contamination. They were observed mainly among the children who had light residual organic cerebral deficiency. The authors cannot exclude the impact of the psychogenic factors.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Sukhotina
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kashnikova
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Preĭs
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Tatarova
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Terekhina
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000293:Adolescent; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001417:Background Radiation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008603:Mental Health; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011210:Power Plants; D012426:Russia; D014455:Ukraine
vernacular_title: Izuchenie épidemiologicheskim metodom vliianiia povyshennogo radiatsionnogo fona na nervno-psikhicheskoe zdorov'e deteĭ.