Clastogenic effects of defined numbers of 3.2 MeV alpha particles on individual CHO-K1 cells

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 568-574

  Nelson, J M ^a   Brooks, A L ^a   Metting, N F ^a   Khan, M A ^a,b   Buschbom, R L ^a   Duncan, A ^a   Miick, R ^a   Braby, L A ^a,c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Mt Sinai and Princess Margaret Hospitals   (Canada)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CLONE CELLS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENESIS; PLUTONIUM; RADON;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029968127     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579275     Document Type: Article

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