Lethal Consequences of Simulated Solar Radiation on the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in the Presence and Absence of Photosensitizers

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 816-823

  Mills, DeEtta K ^a   Hartman, Philip S ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

BROXURIDINE; ETHIDIUM; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ETHIDIUM; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032239320     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05289.x     Document Type: Article

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