Strain-dependent susceptibility to radiation-induced mammary cancer is a result of differences in epithelial cell sensitivity to transformation

Radiation Research

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-355

  Ullrich, R L ^a   Bowles, N D ^b   Satterfield, L C ^b   Davis, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DYSPLASIA; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029778378     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579468     Document Type: Article

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