Document ID (ISN) | 112025 |
CIS number |
11-0696 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
Year |
2010 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Zakeri F., Hirobe T., Akbari Noghabi K. |
Title |
Biological effects of low-dose ionizing radiation exposure on interventional cardiologists |
Bibliographic information |
Sep. 2010, Vol.60, No.6, p.464-469. Illus. 26 ref. |
Internet access |
Biological_effects.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
Interventional cardiologists (ICs) are likely to receive high radiation exposure as a result of procedures they undertake. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of low-dose X-ray radiation exposure on chromosomal damage and on selected indices of cellular and humoral immunity in ICs. The study population consisted of 37 ICs and 37 clinical physicians as the control group with similar age, sex and duration of employment, without any work-related exposure to ionizing radiation. Cytogenetic studies were performed by chromosome aberration analysis and immunological studies by flow cytometry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunodiffusion techniques. The frequencies of aberrant cells, chromosome breaks and dicentrics plus centric rings were significantly higher in the exposed group compared to the control group, without positive correlation between the frequency of dicentric and centric ring aberrations and the cumulative doses of the ICs. Other findings are discussed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
ionizing radiation; x-rays; health care personnel; chromosome changes; cytotoxic effects; risk factors |
Descriptors (secondary) |
Iran, Islamic Republic of; lymphocytes; determination in blood; case-control study; hospitals |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices Radiation
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Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Ionizing radiation Health care services Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
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