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- Title
Dyscirculatory Encephalopathy in Chernobyl Disaster Clean-Up Workers (a 20-year study).
- Authors
Podsonnaya, I. V.; Shumakher, G. I.; Golovin, V. A.
- Abstract
Results obtained over 20-years of following 536 Chernobyl clean-up workers and 436 control subjects are presented. Dyscirculatory encephalopathy developed more frequently in persons exposed to radiation at age 30 years. As compared with the control group, workers were characterized by early onset of disease, faster progression, stable symptomatology for 5-6 years, and further progression of disease in the form of autonomic dysfunction, psycho-organic syndrome, and epilepsy. Major strokes were also more common in clean-up workers.
- Subjects
RADIATION; HYPERTENSIVE encephalopathy; CENTRAL nervous system; IONIZING radiation; DYSAUTONOMIA; CEREBRAL circulation; DISEASE progression
- Publication
Neuroscience & Behavioral Physiology, 2010, Vol 40, Issue 4, p467
- ISSN
0097-0549
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11055-010-9281-9