[The immunoglobulin content in the saliva of children living under different radioecological conditions]. / Soderzhanie immunoglobulinov v sliune detei, prozhivaiushchikh v razlichnykh radioékologicheskikh usloviiakh.

Salivary specimens of 80 children aged 8-14 years from the Stolin District and of 34 children of the city of Minsk are examined by radial immunodiffusion in gel and by enzyme immunoassay. Residents of a region contaminated with radionuclides (soil contamination with 137Cs 185-555 kBq/m2) develop an imbalance in the production and secretion of specific salivary antibodies: the production of IgM in early periods of immune response is suppressed and the level of IgE is increased.