title: [The natural resistance of the inhabitants of Kiev 10 years after the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].
abstract: A study was made of the natural resistance status in inhabitants of Kiev over ten years after the Chernobyl power plant accident. The results obtained showed that small doses of ionizing radiation exert a negative effect on the body inducing morphological changes in leucocytes, lowering the blood absolute content of large granule-containing lymphocytes, causing decline in the level of natural killer activity, changes in leucocyte as well as lymphocyte counts. In inhabitants of Kiev, post-Chernobyl changes in the studied parameters-tend to get more pronounced with time.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Kindzel'skiĭ
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zlochevskaia
authors.forename: Iu N
authors.initials: IuN
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Osipenko
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000528:radiation effects*; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000528:radiation effects; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000528:radiation effects; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine; D014505:Urban Population