The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is up to 39 times more sensitive to gamma radiation generated from 137Cs than from 60Co

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-208

  Hartman, Phil ^a   Goldstein, Paul ^b   Algarra, Marcella ^b   Hubbard, Darren ^a   Mabery, Jared ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gamma radiation; Nematode

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENOTOXICITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0007175284     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(96)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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