Radiotoxicity of gadolinium-148 and radium-223 in mouse testes: Relative biological effectiveness of alpha-particle emitters in vivo

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 342-348

  Howell, Roger W ^a   Goddu, S Murty ^a   Narra, Venkat R ^a   Fisher, Darrell R ^b   Schenter, Robert E ^b   Rao, Dandamudi V ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM 148; RADIUM; RADIUM 223; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GADOLINIUM; MALE; MICE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031042038     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579342     Document Type: Article

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