Effect of irradiated volume on long damage in pigs

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Herrmann, Thomas ^a   Baumann, Michael ^a   Voigtmann, Lutz ^a   Knorr, Anne ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pig lung; Radiation pneumopathy; Volume effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LUNG INJURY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HYDROXYPROLINE; LUNG; MALE; SWINE;

EID: 0030845461     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01930-0     Document Type: Article

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