Micronuclei: A biological indicator of radiation damage

Mutation Research - Reviews in Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Müller, Wolfgang Ulrich ^a   Nüsse, Michael ^b   Miller, Beate M ^c   Slavotinek, Anne ^d   Viaggi, Silvia ^b   Streffer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY;

EID: 0030293811     PISSN: 01651110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1110(96)90037-8     Document Type: Article

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