Contents


Editorial preface (A.G.Vasil'ev)

Introduction to the problem (V.M.Boev, A.G.Vasil'ev)

The brief history of nuclear weapons testing at the Totsky military range

Prior analysis of the ecological situation in the Totsky radioactive trace (TRAT) zone (V.M. Boev, A.G.Vasil'ev, E.N.Tyurin, A.P. Vorob'ev, N.D. Osadchaya)

Problems of ecogenetic analysis of the long-term after-effects of the A-explosion (V.M.Boev, A.G.Vasil'ev, A.G. Korneev, E.N.Tyurin, A.P.Vorob'ev)

Methods of study, choice of the model objects and materials (A.G. Vasil'ev, V.S.Bezel, E.A.Gileva, N.M. Lyubashevsky, I.V.Molchanova, S.E. Mukhacheva, M.G. Nifontova, A.V. Trapeznikov)

Chapter 1. Radioactive contamination of soil and vegetation (I.V.Molchanova, E.N. Karavaeva, L.N. Mikhajlovskaya)

Radioecological examination of the soil-vegetative cover

Detecting of contents of Pu in soil samples selected on TRAT territory

Chapter 2. Radioecological study of aquatic ecosystems (A.V. Trapeznikov, P.I. Yushkov, M.Ya. Chebotina, V.N. Trapeznikova, V.P.Guseva)

Contents of radionuclids in the water of rivers and ponds

Contents of 90Sr and 137Cs in the bottom sediments of rivers and ponds

Contents of 90Sr and 137Cs in the aquatic plants

Chemical contamination of the aquatic ecosystems (A.V. Trapeznikov, P.I. Yushkov, M.Ya. Chebotina, V.N. Trapeznikova, V.P.Guseva, V.P. Lisovskikh)

Chapter 3. Analysis of chromosomal damages in indicator rodent species at the zone of influence of the Totsky nuclear explosion (E.A.Gileva, M.I.Cheprakov, D.Yu. Nokhrin)

Analysis of frequences of chromosomal damages

About the origin of mutagenic factors in the area of Totsky military range

Chapter 4. Phenogenetic analysis of the long-term after-effects of the Totsky nuclear explosion (A.G. Vasil'ev, I.A. Vasil'eva)

Population ecology characteristic of small mammals in key-sites of study (A.G. Vasil'ev, O.A.Luk'anov, S.V. Mukhacheva)

Concentration of ?-active substances mixture in the organisms of rodents from key-sites of the Orenburg (A.G. Vasil'ev, N.M. Lyubashevsky, S.V. Mukhacheva, M.G. Nifontova)

Accumulation of heavy metals in the skeleton, kidneys and liver of small mammals (V.S.Bezel, S.V.Mikhacheva, A.G.Vasil'ev)

Analysis of morphological and phenogenetic malformations of the individual development in populations of indicator model species in the impact areas

Serious abnormalities and uglinesses in the skull structure

Phenetic analysis of minor aberrations of non-metric threshold traits of the skull...

Estimation of phenetic diversity of populations

Fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of destabilisation of the processes of individual development (A.G. Vasil'ev, I.A. Vasil'eva, E.A. Gileva)

Chapter 5. Retrospective EPR dosimetry on tooth enamel: the first results of application to estimate the dose loads in eye-witnesses of nuclear weapons testing at the Totsky military range (A.A. Romanyukha, E.A. Ignat'ev)

Physical bases of the method

Description of the procedure of reconstruction of the individual doses by the EPR method

Reconstruction of individual absorbed doses in the eye-witnesses of nuclear weapons testing at the Totsky military range by the EPR dosimetry method on the tooth enamel

Beta-radiometry of the tooth fragments of the eye-witnesses of the Totsky nuclear explosion (N.M. Lyubashevsky)

Chapter 6. Medico-ecology investigations in the districts of the Orenburg region affected by Totsky nuclear explosion (V.M.Boev)

Study of the health of the veterans of Totsky military training in 1954

Epidemiological analysis of illness rate by malignant neoplasms (M.V.Skatchkov)

State of health of children from aborigine families residing in the localities near site of the Totsky nuclear explosion(S.E. Lebed'kova, A.I.Smolyagin, V.M.Boev, V.V. Sumenko, G.B. Katzova)

Immunologic parameters of the pupils residing at the territory of the Totsky radioactive trace (E.V.Popova, A.I.Smolyagin, I.V.Mikhajlova, V.M.Boev, E.N. Tyurin)

Cytogenetic analysis of chromosomal aberrations of the inhabitants of the epicentral zone (V.M.Boev, A.G.Korneev, V.S. Zhurkov)

Endocrine damages

Illnesses of the cattle by leucosis and the contents of 137Cs and heavy metals in agricultural production

Chapter 7. Total results of ecogenetic analysis of long-term after-effects of the Totsky nuclear explosion (A.G. Vasil'ev)

Synopsis (A.G.Vasil'ev)

Literature (bibliography)

Authors