Dietary and clastogenic factors in children who immigrated to Israel from regions contaminated by the Chernobyl accident.

Publisher: Heldref Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0212627 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0003-9896 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00039896 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Environ Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : Heldref Publications
Original Publication: Chicago, American Medical Assn.

Antioxidants/*administration & dosage ; Child Welfare/*statistics & numerical data ; Diet/*adverse effects ; Diet/*statistics & numerical data ; Emigration and Immigration/*statistics & numerical data ; Environmental Exposure/*adverse effects ; Mutagens/*adverse effects ; Mutagens/*metabolism ; Radioactive Hazard Release/*statistics & numerical data; Adolescent ; Age Distribution ; Age Factors ; Analysis of Variance ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Diet Surveys ; Environmental Exposure/analysis ; Environmental Monitoring ; Female ; Fruit ; Humans ; Infant ; Israel ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Residence Characteristics/statistics & numerical data ; Risk Factors ; Sex Distribution ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; USSR/ethnology ; Vegetables

The authors evaluated the possible association between dietary history and plasma clastogenic factors in children who immigrated to Israel between 1989 and 1993 from regions contaminated by the Chernobyl accident. The authors compared questionnaire data about demographic variables, dietary histories before and after immigration occurred, and health status with clastogenic factor scores for 162 immigrants. Logistic regression analysis revealed a negative association between clastogenic factor scores and frequency of consumption of fresh vegetables and fruit among children < or = 7 yr of age during the postimmigration period. Intake of eggs and fish by boys who were < or = 7 yr of age prior to immigration was associated positively with clastogenic factor scores. Consumption of fresh vegetables and fruits afforded protection to the immune systems of children who were < or = 7 yr of age.

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Date Created: 20010927 Date Completed: 20011004 Latest Revision: 20161219

20231215

10.1080/00039890109604463

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