A close correlation between electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry from tooth enamel and cytogenetic dosimetry from lymphocytes of Hiroshima atomic- bomb survivors

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 619-627

  Nakamura, N ^a   Miyazawa, C ^b   Sawada, S ^c,d   Akiyama, M ^a   Awa, A A ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b OHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kagoshima Prefectural College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CYTOGENETICS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CYTOGENETICS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031875103     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141870     Document Type: Article

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