The effects of DNA repair polymorphisms on chromosome aberrations in the population of Kazakhstan.

Conclusions: The age of donors, smoking and the ATM rs1801516 polymorphism significantly affect the frequency of chromosome aberrations among individuals inhabiting contaminated area around the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapon test site, as well as among those inhabiting ecologically favourable zones of Kazakhstan. PMID: 31914346 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Radiation Biology - Category: Radiology Tags: Int J Radiat Biol Source Type: research