Results of a cytogenetic follow-up study 7.5 years after 137Cs exposure at the Goiania (Brazil) radiological accident

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-321

  Ramalho, A T ^a   Curado, M P ^b   Natarajan, A T ^c,d  

^a Natl Commission of Nuclear Energy   (Brazil)

^b Leide das Neves Ferreira Foundation   (Brazil)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d JA Cohen Institute Interuniversity Research Institute for Radiopathology and Radiation Protection   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029980236     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031591     Document Type: Article

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