Effects of γ-rays on the populations of the steady-state ecological microcosm

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-150

  Fuma, S ^a   Takeda, H ^a   Miyamoto, K ^a   Yanagisawa, K ^a   Inoue, Y ^a   Sato, N ^a   Hirano, M ^a   Kawabata, Z ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GAMMA RAYS; POPULATION DENSITY; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ALGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUGLENA GRACILIS; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0031856134     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141816     Document Type: Article

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