Measurements of relative biological effectiveness of the 70 MeV proton beam at TRIUMF using Chinese hamster V79 cells and the high-precision cell sorter assay

Radiation Research

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-170

  Wouters, B G ^a   Lam, G K Y ^a   Oelfke, U ^a   Gardey, K ^a   Durand, R E ^a   Skarsgard, L D ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SORTER; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0029785770     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579588     Document Type: Article

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