Peripheral blood cells among community residents living near nuclear power plants

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Title:	Peripheral blood cells among community residents living near nuclear power plants
Authors:	(Lee YT);宋鴻樟(Fung-Chang Sung);(Lin RS)
Contributors:	公共衛生學院環境醫學研究所
Keywords:	Blood cell counts;Nuclear power;Radiation hormesis;Smoking
Date:	2001-12
Issue Date:	2009-08-25 14:29:16 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	nformation about hematopoieses as a result of exposure to very low levels of radiation is scarce. To investigate the human hematopoietic effect of very low level radiation exposure, measurements of peripheral blood components were performed among 3602 men and women, aged 35 and above, living in a community near two nuclear power installations in Chinshan, Taiwan. The radiation level that each individual was exposed to was represented by a surrogate level, ‘Image ’, a transformed distance from each individual's residence to the two power plants D1 and D2. In addition to comparing average hematology measurements, multiple regression analyses were done to include age, gender, smoking, drinking status and the surrogate radiation exposure level as independent variables. Univariate and bivariate analyses showed that the hematology measurements had significant associations with age, gender, smoking or drinking. The multiple regression analyses revealed that significant positive associations with ‘Image ’ were found for hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet, white blood cell and red blood cell. The platelet count might increase for 208.7×103/μl if the exposure from the nuclear plants increased by one exposure unit. This type of association implies that those who lived closer to the nuclear power installation had a higher blood cell count; we suspect that this could be a type of radiation hormesis.
Relation:	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 280(1-3 )165 ~172
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute of Environmental Medicine] Journal articles

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