Micronuclei - Biological indicator for retrospective dosimetry after exposure to ionizing radiation

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 101-105

  Streffer, C ^a   Muller W U ^a   Kryscio, A ^a   Bocker W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Lymphocyte; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHALASIN B; FLUORESCENT DYE;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CENTROMERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; URANIUM MINE; X RAY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOCHALASIN B; DNA PROBES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0032480032     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00100-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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