Survival and yields of chromosome aberrations in hamster and human lung cells irradiated by alpha particles

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-180

  Simmons, J A ^a   Cohn, P ^a   Min, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HAMSTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; CRICETINAE; CURIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG;

EID: 0030040931     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579172     Document Type: Article

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