The impact of chronic radioactive stress on the immuno-physiological condition of small mammals

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-113

  Tsiperson, Vladislav P ^a   Soloviev, Mikhail Y ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chernobyl accident; Chronic radiation; Internal organs; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KIDNEY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; POWER PLANTS; SHREWS; SPLEEN; STRESS; THYMUS GLAND; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0030737548     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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