title: [The immunoglobulin content in the saliva of children living under different radioecological conditions].
abstract: Salivary specimens of 80 children aged 8-14 years from the Stolin District and of 34 children of the city of Minsk are examined by radial immunodiffusion in gel and by enzyme immunoassay. Residents of a region contaminated with radionuclides (soil contamination with 137Cs 185-555 kBq/m2) develop an imbalance in the production and secretion of specific salivary antibodies: the production of IgM in early periods of immune response is suppressed and the level of IgE is increased.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mel'nichenko
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kushner
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zafranskaia
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Miliutin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016010:Binomial Distribution; D002648:Child; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004463:Ecology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000528:radiation effects; D002094:Republic of Belarus; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive