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Information × Registration Number 0208U000166, 0107U010351 , R & D reports Title Study of health status in priority group of victims suffered from the accident on Chernobyl NPP (convalescents of acute radiation sickness) and its dependence from absorbed doses popup.stage_title Head Kovalenko A.N., Registration Date 16-01-2008 Organization Research Centre for Radiation Medicine popup.description2 The research objective is to study health status in persons, who suffered from acute radiation sickness (ARS), and its dependence from absorbed doses of irradiation. Object of examination: 54 ARS survivors. Methods of investigation: clinical examination, laboratorial, instrumental, mathematical, computer analysis. It was found that over 5 years after the irradiation the great growth of somatic and neurological pathology had been observed in ARS convalescents. This pathology was realized in 80-90% of patients till the end of 21 year after the radiation exposure. Clinical course of the most revealed diseases was characterized by slow progress and positive reaction on drug therapy. Malignant tumors were revealed in 5 ARS survivors and it constituted 6.8% of cases from total group population. The incidence of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, nervous, respiratory, endocrine and hepatobiliary diseases as well as malignant tumors was not depended from absorbed dose value. Only radiation cataracts had the direct dependence from doses of irradiation.5635 Product Description popup.authors popup.nrat_date 2020-04-02 Close