Exposure to ultraviolet B radiation increases the tolerance of mouse skin to daily X irradiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 768-775

  Shirazi, A ^a   Liu, K ^a   Trott, K R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IRRADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; EDEMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SKIN; THYMIDINE; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030012598     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579369     Document Type: Article

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