[The hematological effects in those exposed to radiation in the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].

The paper is concerned with analysis of the data on a picture of the blood of 115 patients with acute radiation syndrome. Basing on the literature data, the authors discuss a possibility of developing leukemia in these patients and in persons, irradiated at lower doses, as a result of radiation affection of hemopoiesis.