Unexpected sensitivity to the induction of mutations by very low doses of alpha-particle radiation: Evidence for a bystander effect

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 552-557

  Nagasawa, Hatsumi ^a   Little, John B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032723294     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580153     Document Type: Article

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