Intrinsic radiosensitivity of healthy donors and cancer patients as determined by the lymphocyte micronucleus assay

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 693-701

  Slonina D ^a   Gasinska A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0031447116     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530097142852     Document Type: Article

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