Substructure in the radiation survival response at low dose in cells of human tumor cell lines

Radiation Research

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 388-398

  Skarsgard, Lloyd D ^a   Skwarchuk, Mark W ^a   Wouters, Bradly G ^a,b   Durand, Ralph E ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0029744028     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579301     Document Type: Article

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