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Hubert Thierens1, Anne Vral, Marina Barbé
1Department of Radiation Protection, University Ghent, Gent, Belgium. hubert.thierens@rug.ac.be
Abstract:
The micronucleus assay was applied as biomarker for exposure effect and radiosensitivity in a group of 99 radiation workers of the Nuclear Power Plant Doel (Belgium). The difference in micronucleus frequency between the group of radiation workers with annual dose exceeding 2 mSv and a non-exposed control population was statistically not significant. With respect to the micronucleus frequency after an in vitro challenge dose of 2 Gy, which can be considered as biomarker for radiosensitivity, the data of present study can be represented by a normal distribution without a high frequency tail. This means that a subpopulation of workers with elevated radiosensitivity could not be identified in the population under study.
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