A simple method for simultaneous interphase-metaphase chromosome analysis in biodosimetry

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-462

  Durante, M ^a,b   Furusawa, Y ^a,b   Gotoh, E ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; IONIZING RADIATION; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; LYMPHOCYTES; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; OXAZOLES; RADIOMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031662510     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141320     Document Type: Article

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