Change in centromeric and acentromeric micronucleus frequencies in human populations after chronic radiation exposure

Mutagenesis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Chang, Wushou P ^a,b   Hsieh, Wanhua A ^a   Chen, Ding Ping ^a   Lin, Yi Ping ^a   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^c   Hwang, Jeng Jong J ^a   Tsai, Mong Hsun ^a   Hwang, Bing Fang ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Jan Ai Municipal Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; CYTOCHALASIN B; DIGOXIGENIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTROMERE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032764131     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/14.4.427     Document Type: Article

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