[Health status of children living in rural localities in the area of Totsk nuclear explosion]. / Sostoianie zdorov'ia detei, prozhivaiushchikh v sel'skikh naselennykh punktakh v zone Totskogo iadernogo vzryva.

The paper presents late outcomes of radiation exposure of 3205 children aged 6-17 years from native persons residing in the areas exposed to radiation 40 years ago. The spread of noncommunicable diseases in the children from the polluted area is 92%. Organic abnormalities are prevalent among them. These include thyroid hyperplasia, lymphadenopathy, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and other diseases. Thus, the environmental radiological situation in the southern Urals and the Orenburg Region is poor.