Acute radiodermatitis from accidental overexposure to X-rays

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Soleo, Leonardo ^a,b   Basso, Antonella ^a   Di Lorenzo, Luigi ^a   Bukvic, Nenad ^a   L'Abbate, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

accidental overexposure; acute radiodermatitis; biological marker; work injuries; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOGENETICS; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X IRRADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; RADIODERMATITIS; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0029844586     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199608)30:2<207::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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