Adaptive response to ionizing radiation in human lymphocytes: The problem of scoring aberrations in cells irradiated during asynchronous growth

Mutation Research - Reviews in Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-143

  Wojcik, A ^a   Aghamohammadi, S ^c   Aillaud, M ^d   Bosi, A ^d   Dai, G ^b   Olivieri, G ^d   Salone, B ^d   Savage, J R K ^c   Shadley, J D ^b   Streffer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Cell cycle; Chromosomal aberration; Human lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030293818     PISSN: 01651110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1110(96)90034-2     Document Type: Article

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