Anthropometric measurements in newborn children of personnel employed at radiation-hazardous production as indicators used in monitoring over consequences of parental exposure to radiation Primary tabs View(active tab) Edit

Physical development of offspring can be an important criterion applied to assess effects produced by parental exposure. The cohort that includes workers employed at Mayak Production Association (PA), the first nuclear fuel cycle production facility in Russia, is a valuable information source for analyzing consequences occupational Our objective was analyze somatometric parameters newborn children PA who were occupationally exposed pre-conception external gamma-radiation. We retrospectively analyzed anthropometric measurements 13,880 children, all born 1949–1973; 9321 conceived parents long-term radiation PA. analysis covered core elements including height, weight, head circumference, and chest circumference. Development proportionality estimated using Quetelet, Vervek – Vorontsov’s, Erismann indexes. correlation between accumulated gamma dose calculated relative risk coefficients odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval. established wide range doses, up 4075.6 mGy ovaries 5653.1 testicles. There weak newborns’ height weight also detected trend decrease body mass increasing and, conversely, increase it growing revealed statistically significant among workers, namely, greater share high birth. Analysis children’s somatotypes confirmed excessive values indexes showed parents. Additional firstborns proper duration gestation same results. Risk assessment indicated there prevalence people. assessed physical workers’ newborns taking into account latest data on exposure; this vital epidemiological monitoring over health personnel radiation-hazardous facilities.