Influence of cell position relative to planar alpha-particle sources on survival and preneoplastic transformation of primary rat tracheal epithelial cells

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 432-441

  Terzaghi Howe, Margaret ^a   Ford, John R ^b   Turner, James E ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM; POLONIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAMMA RADIATION; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRACHEA MUCOSA; X RAY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; AMERICIUM; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPITHELIUM; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; PLUTONIUM; POLONIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029968314     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579064     Document Type: Article

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