Do human lymphocytes exposed to the fallout of the Chernobyl accident exhibit an adaptive response? III. Challenge with bleomycin in lymphocytes from children hit by the initial acute dose of ionizing radiation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Tedeschi, Bruna ^a   Caporossi, Daniela ^a   Vernole, Patrizia ^a   Padovani, Laura ^b   Mauro, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Bleomycin; Chernobyl; Chromosome aberration

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CESIUM 137;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030570506     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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