Cumulative genetic damage in hematopoietic stem cells in a patient with a 40-year exposure to alpha particles emitted by thorium dioxide

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-144

  Littlefield, L Gayle ^a   Travis, Lois B ^b   Sayer, Anne M ^a   Voelz, George L ^c   Jensen, Ronald H ^d   Boice Jr , John D ^b,e  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENETIC DAMAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; GLYCOPHORIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 0030805908     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579570     Document Type: Article

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