[Assessment of the effects of a set of factors in the production of nitrogen fertilizers on chromosomes in peripheral blood lymphocytes of female workers and health status of their newborn infants].
It is demonstrated that a set of factors of nitrogen fertilizer production causes reliable increase of chromosomal aberration rate in peripheric blood lymphocytes of female workers. Differences in these workers' individual sensitivity to mutagenic effect of the considered factors are pointed out. Individual indicators of chromosomal aberrations varied by 2-3 times irrespective of the length of service. The analysis of medical records of deliveries and physical development of the newborn from the main and control group shows that the mutagenic effect of the set of factors of nitrogen fertilizer production on chromosomes in workers' somatic cells has no impact on the health status of infants.
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