t(14;18) Translocations in Dioxin-Exposed Workers.

Objective: To determine if occupational exposure to dioxins is associated with an increased frequency of t(14;18) translocations.

Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of serum dioxin levels and t(14;18) frequencies in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in 218 former chemical plant workers and 150 population controls.

Results: The workers had significantly higher geometric mean serum levels of 2,3,7,8-TCDD (26.

Risk factors for wheezing in Ukrainian children: Ukraine European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood Group.

The prevalence of wheezing in children varies widely around the world. The reasons for this geographic variability remain unclear but may be related in part to exposures in the home environment during pregnancy and early childhood. We investigated the prenatal and early childhood risk factors for wheezing symptoms among 2127 children aged 6-8 years who were participants in the Ukrainian component of the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC).

[The prevalence of asthma-related symptoms among children in three Ukrainian cities with environmental problems (preliminary results)].

In 2002 authors initiated a US-Ukraine collaborative study on bronchial asthma among 2177 6-8 year old children who resided in Kyiv, Dniprodzerzhinsk and Mariupol, Ukraine in 2002 and who were participants in the Family and Children of Ukraine Longitudinal Cohort Study. The overall goal of the study is to investigate the epidemiology and risk factors for asthma and asthma--related symptoms among these children. The study design comprises of three phases.

Breast cancer trends in two oblasts of Belarus and the Chernobyl accident.

The 1986 Chernobyl accident contaminated 23% of Belarus with radioactive iodine and long half-life radionuclides. Radiation causes breast cancer. Population-based breast cancer incidence data from the Belarus National Cancer Registry were used to study secular trends and urban-rural differences, and determine whether an effect of Chernobyl radiation exposure was discernable.