Very low doses of x-rays can cause human lymphocytes to become less susceptible to ionizing radiation

Mutagenesis

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 95-96

  Shadley, Jeffery D ^a   Wolff, Sheldon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOBENZAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOSENSITIVITY; X RAY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BENZAMIDES; CHROMATIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO; LYMPHOCYTES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0023139443     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/2.2.95     Document Type: Article

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