Histopathological and morphometric study of the late effects of heavy- ion irradiation on the spinal cord of the rat

Radiation Research

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 304-315

  Okada, S ^a   Okeda, R ^a   Matsushita, S ^b,c   Kawano, A ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRRADIATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031704937     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579980     Document Type: Article

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