Decreased sensitivity to the cytogenetic effects of bleomycin in individuals occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Barquinero, Joan Francesc ^a   Barrios, Leonardo ^a   Caballín, Maria Rosa ^a   Miró, Rosa ^a   Ribas, Montserrat ^a   Subias, Antoni ^a   Egozcue, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Bleomycin; Ionizing radiation; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0006909968     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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