[Open fracture of the shin as an occupational injury and work capacity evaluation--case report].

Injuries at work (occupational injuries) represent a big social and economic problem. This case report presents the patient who suffered occupational injury--open fracture of the left shin. He has been hospitalized for several times at Orthopedic-Surgical Hospital "Banjica" and underwent several surgical procedures, physical therapy and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Detection of premature segregation of centromeres in persons exposed to ionizing radiation.

We have analyzed the frequency of premature centromeric division (PCD) in medical personnel professionally exposed to low doses of radiation. They had chromosome aberrations (CAs) involving dicentric chromosomes, ring chromosomes, acentric fragments, chromosome breaks, and chromatid breaks. The study included 30 exposed subjects and 23 controls who were each analyzed by a conventional cytogenetics procedure and subsequently by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH).

Chromosomal aberrations after exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation.

Purpose: To compare the incidence of chromosomal aberrations (CA) in healthy medical workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation (IR) and in non-exposed healthy population.

Methods: This was a 4-year study with 462 subjects, mean age 42.3 years, occupationally exposed to IR (exposed group - E), and 95 subjects, mean age 35.

Risk of occupational radiation-induced cataract in medical workers.

Background: ionizing radiation on the lens of the eye can produce a progressive cataract. Small cumulative doses, over a long time period, can produce adverse effects on the professional capabilities of health workers in the ionizing radiation zone.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to ascertain whether occupational exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation can cause an increase in prevalence of cataract.

Identification of health risks in workers staying and working on the terrains contaminated with depleted uranium.

This study investigated health risks in workers residing and working in terrains contaminated by low ionizing radiation doses which originated from ammunition containing depleted uranium (DU). The studied population was composed of two test groups (T-I, T-II) who were occasionally exposed to DU, and two referent (R-I, R-II) groups not exposed at any time to DU. All of them were evaluated for the following: complete clinical examination and blood count, presence of immature forms and blasts, leukocyte alkaline phosphatase activity and cytogenetic tests.