Retrospective biodosimetry of Chernobyl clean-up workers using chromosome painting and conventional chromosome analysis

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-127

  Snigiryova, G ^a   Braselmann, H ^b   Salassidis, K ^b   Shevchenko, V ^c   Bauchinger, M ^b  

^a Moscow Res Inst Diagn and Surg   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; AGED; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030972509     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530097144247     Document Type: Article

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