Radiosensitivity of mesothelioma cell lines

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-456

  Häkkinen, Anna Maija ^a   Laasonen, Antero ^b   Linnainmaa, Kaija ^c   Mattson, Karin ^a   Pyrhönen, Seppo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THECA CELL;

EID: 0030035618     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609109921     Document Type: Article

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