The risk of acute myocardial infarction and arterial hypertension in a cohort of male employees of a Siberian Group of Chemical Enterprises exposed to long-term irradiation.

During the period from 1998 to 2007, a prospective cohort study of acute myocardial infarction morbidity cases as well as a "case-control" study of arterial hypertension was carried out. The risk of acute myocardial infarction was assessed as well as arterial hypertension; the dose-response relationship and the role of radiation in the mechanism of acute myocardial infarction as well as arterial hypertension development were studied. As a result of this study, a statistically significant increased risk of acute myocardial infarction among the male staff at the Siberian Group of Chemical Enterprises [standardized relative risk = 1.