A review on the effects of ionizing radiation on blood and blood components

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 511-523

  Jacobs, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a Dr Geoffrey P Jacobs Associates   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; GRAFT VS. HOST REACTIONS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MICROORGANISMS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BLOOD IRRADIATION;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTAMINATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032210894     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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