Biodosimetry of Chernobyl cleanup workers from Estonia and Latvia using the glycophorin A in vivo somatic cell mutation assay

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Bigbee, William L ^a   Jensen, Ronald H ^b   Veidebaum, Toomas ^c   Tekkel, Mare ^c   Rahu, Mati ^c   Stengrevics, Aivars ^d   Auvinen, Anssi ^e   Hakulinen, Timo ^f   Servomaa, Kristina ^g   Rytömaa, Tapio ^g   Obrams, G Iris ^h   Boice Jr , John D ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^d Latvian Cancer Centre   (Latvia)

^e FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ESTONIA; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOMATIC CELL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WORKER;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESTONIA; GAMMA RAYS; GLYCOPHORIN; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; MNSS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MUTAGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; UKRAINE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031049912     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579423     Document Type: Article

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