PREPUBERTAL, ADOLESCENT, AND pregnant females exposed to ionizing radiation may be at an increased risk for delivering a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant ( 2500 g). In prepubertal girls, high-dose therapeutic radiation for childhood cancers has been associated with an increased risk for future LBW offspring, and a direct relationship has been reported between the radiation dose and LBW risk. In ad...

Elevated amount of the free radicals due to ionizing radiation causes deteriorating damage on immune system. Therefore, we made attempts to investigate the protective effect of vitamin E (vit-E), a biological antioxidant in BALB/c mice, so as to find an affordable prophylactic supplementation for individuals who are at risk. Several groups of mice were selected and exposed to sub-lethal g -irra...