[Comparative frequency of chromosome aberrations in a human lymphocyte culture depending on the mode of neutron irradiation]

Abstract

The study of the dose dependence of the incidence of chromosome aberrations in a human lymphocyte culture exposed at the G0 stage to pulsed neutrons of 0.7 MeV revealed no significant distinctions in the cytogenetic effect at the pulse frequency of 1 and 5 Hz, but at 100 Hz it was somewhat increased. As to the biological effectiveness, pulsed neutrons of 0.7 MeV occupied an intermediate position between 0.35 and 0.85 MeV static neutrons.