[Quantitative characteristics of radiation sickness clinical manifestations in large-sized laboratory animals exposed to extra-lethal radiation doses. The endocrine system reactions in dogs and monkeys].

The dynamics of cortisol, insulin and triiodothyronine content of the blood has been studied in dogs and two monkey species exposed to electron and gamma-neutron radiations in a wide supralethal--dose range. A calculated value--index of the endocrine status--has been used for integral estimation the function of the endocrine system. A considerable disintegration of the functions of separate endocrine glands has been observed, which correlates with degree of clinical manifestations in animals and radiation dose.