[Teratogenic effects in a population based on a model of the bone system of the human embryo]

The dynamics of teratogenic effects was studied in population of town of Chernovtsy (Ukraine) on the model of the human embryo bone system. Visual and morphometric examinations of native intact bone preparations (including the ossification zones) of artificially aborted normal human embryos of 6-12 gestational weeks were made by the original method suggested by the author. The first stage of the study was performed in 1988 during acute total alopecia of children. The second stage was three and four years after the event. The obtained results have supported the evidence for a comparative rise in rate of chemically induced embryonal teratogenic defects in population of Chernovtsy.