Analysis of chromosome aberrations in human peripheral lymphocytes induced by in vitro α-particle irradiation

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Schmid, E ^a   Hieber, L ^a   Heinzmann, U ^a   Roos, H ^b   Kellerer, A M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE;

EID: 0029812821     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050028     Document Type: Article

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