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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2024.055
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Estimation of the impact of chronic radiation exposure on telomere loss in women’s T lymphocytes

Krivoshchapova YaV
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Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Yana V. Krivoshchapova
Vorovsky, 68А, Chelyabinsk, 454141, Russia; ur.liam@oh_anaY

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Funding: State Assignment of FMBA of Russia, R&D project “Long-term Cytogenetic Effects of Chronic Exposure in Residents of the Southern Urals.

Acknowledgements: the author would like to express sincere gratitude to Yu.R. Akhmadullina, acting head of the Laboratory of Radiation Genetics, for valuable comments.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (protocol No. 8 dated 19 June 2024). Individuals, who were included into the cytogenetic study, gave the informed consent to blood sampling and further assessment. All forms and questionnaires are stored in the Laboratory of Radiation Genetics of the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine.

Received: 2024-10-16 Accepted: 2024-11-13 Published online: 2024-12-13
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