Radiation damage to DNA: the importance of track structure

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-23

  Hill, M A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA SEQUENCES; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DAMAGE; X RAYS;

BIOLOGICAL REPAIRABILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; MUTATIONS; TRACK STRUCTURE; ULTRASOFT X RAYS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOBIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0032590764     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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