[Harmonic physical development of children in the town of Gomel in the post-Chernobyl period].
The results of investigation of the harmony of physical development of children living in Gomel (the density of Cs137 territory contamination is 1-5 Ci/km2) are presented. Age and sex characteristics of body mass and body length variations, annual mass gains, the mass and length parameter and the harmony of physical development are assessed. A significant proportion of the children have manifested disharmonious and sharply disharmonious development due both to the excess or deficiency of body mass of the 1st and 2nd categories.
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Department of Human Physiology, State Medical Institute, Gomel, Byelorussia.
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D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001827:Body Height / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014455:Ukraine
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes