A study of the effects of exposure on cleanup workers at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident using multiple end points

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 463-475

  Moore II, Dan H ^a   Tucker, James D ^b   Jones, Irene M ^b   Langlois, Richard G ^b   Pleshanov, Pavel ^c   Vorobtsova, Irena ^d   Jensen, Ronald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d Russian Center for Research in Radiological and Surgical Technologies   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MNSS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION INJURIES; SMOKING; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030817874     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579324     Document Type: Article

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