Dose-response curve for chromosome translocations induced by low dose rate 137Cs gamma rays

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-282

  Lucas, J N ^a   Hill, F S ^a   Burk, C E ^a   Lewis, A D ^a   Lucas, A K ^b   Chen, A M ^a   Sailes, F C ^a   Straume, T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Santa Monica Cancer Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METAPHASE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; TIME;

EID: 0030767914     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032065     Document Type: Article

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