[A study of the correlation between the functional activity of blood lymphocytes in different animals and the intensity of neutron radiation near the Earth surface].

A correlation between the functional activity of the synthesis apparatus of blood lymphocytes in different animals and the variations in the neutron count rate near the Earth surface has been studied. From 1999 to 2002 for rats and from 2002 to 2003 for ground squirrels, a reliable positive correlation between the synthetic activity of animal blood lymphocytes and the neutron count rate was found. The correlation was observed for both the neutron flux directed towards the Earth and the total neutron flux (the neutron field of the Earth).