title: [Detection of micronuclei in desquamating cells of the human oral mucosa in the territory of South Vietnam].
abstract: The possibility of applying the micronucleus test to estimate changes in chromatin structures of somatic cells of South Vietnam inhabitants exposed to with phytotoxic substances (Agent Orange) in the 1960s was investigated. Remote medical and biological consequences of the action of dioxin-containing phenoxyherbicides on man were studied. In inhabitants of Bin Mi Village (Shongbe Province), which had been intensely bombed with Agent Orange, the epithelium of the oral cavity showed a considerable increase in the occurrence of cells with damaged chromatin structures (P < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Center, Hanoi, Vietnam.
authors.forename: L Iu
authors.initials: LIu
authors.lastname: Zhuleva
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Umnova
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Rumak
mesh_terms: D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000075182:Agent Orange; D002843:Chromatin / Q000187:drug effects*; D003678:Defoliants, Chemical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007641:Keratolytic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012423:Rural Health; D013997:Time Factors; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D003678:Defoliants, Chemical; D007641:Keratolytic Agents; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000075182:Agent Orange; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
vernacular_title: Registratsiia mikroiader v slushchivaiushchikhsia kletkakh slizistoĭ rotovoĭ polosti cheloveka na territorii Iuzhnogo V'etnama.