Clastogenic factors in the plasma of children exposed at Chernobyl

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Emerit, I ^a   Quastel, M ^b   Goldsmith, J ^b   Merkin, L ^b   Levy, A ^a   Cernjavski, L ^a   Alaoui Youssefi, A ^a   Pogossian, A ^a   Riklis, E ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Clastogenic factor

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MUTAGENS; PLASMA; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION INJURIES; THYROID GLAND; UKRAINE; USSR;

EID: 0031018095     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00187-X     Document Type: Article

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