title: [Development of sex characteristics in adolescents in the forest regions of Ukraine].
abstract: A total of 3019 adolescents were examined residing in those territories of the Zhitomir and Vinnitsa Regions affected by radionuclide contamination, who ranged from 15 to 18 years old. Revealed in the above juvenile population was a stimulating effect of small doses of ionizing radiation on some parameters characterizing somatosexual development in adolescents 15 years old, that tends to smooth down with stabilization of physical and sexual development.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Makiienko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001823:Body Composition / Q000528:radiation effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000528:radiation effects; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011210:Power Plants; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Somatostatevyĭ rozvytok pidlitkiv Ukraïns'koho polissia.