title: [Hygienic evaluation of genotoxic effects during artificial air ionization].
abstract: The study examined the potential genotoxic activity and the impact of artificial air ionization on lifespan. Experiments on Drosophila melanogaster demonstrated that exposure of the lung to negative (5 x 10(4), 5 x 10(5), and 10(6) ion/cm3) and slight positive (5 x 10(4), 5 x 10(5), and 10(6) ion/cm3) airoions generated on the electrodes at direct-current voltage failed to increase the frequency of dominant lethal mutations in the gametes and to affect the life-span of male flies. Exposure of the flies to deionized air increased the rate of early embryonic lethal mutations.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gus'kov
authors.forename: F I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Ingel'
authors.forename: Iu D
authors.initials: IuD
authors.lastname: Gubernskiĭ
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Korovin
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Iurtseva
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Malysheva
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bezzubov
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Rastiannikov
authors.forename: N Iu
authors.initials: NIu
authors.lastname: Kozlova
mesh_terms: D000390:Air Ionization; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009154:Mutation