Domestic radon exposure and the frequency of stable or unstable chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 921-928

  Lindholm, C ^a   Makelainen I ^a   Paile, W ^a   Koivistoinen, A ^a   Salomaa, S ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SEX FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032772488     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530099139683     Document Type: Article

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