title: [Population as a test system].
abstract: Comparison of the concept that the population is a "wave of life" with the results of specific studies opens the possibility for the estimation of destructive human activities and their plausible consequences. Specifically, it was noted that radioactive contamination of territories as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station could create prerequisites for the mass reproduction of pests and the expression of diseases dangerous for man and domestic animals.
authors.affiliation: Kiev State University, ul. Vladimirskaya 60, Kiev, 01017 Ukraine.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mezhzherin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Miakushko
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Semeniuk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008954:Models, Biological; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012377:Rodentia; D014455:Ukraine