Effect of natural β-carotene supplementation in children exposed to radiation from the chernobyl accident

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Ben Amotz, Ami ^a   Yatziv, Shaul ^b   Sela, Mordechai ^b   Greenberg, Simon ^b   Rachmilevich, Boris ^b   Shwarzman, Masha ^b   Weshler, Ze'ev ^b  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LIPID; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGA; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; STEREOISOMERISM; UKRAINE;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL;

EID: 0031785386     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050116     Document Type: Article

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