Quantitative assessment of the contribution of clustered damage to DNA double-strand breaks induced by 60Co gamma rays and fission neutrons

Radiation Research

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 442-448

  Pogozelski, Wendy Knapp ^a,b   Xapsos, Michael A ^a   Blakely, William F ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FISSION NEUTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAMMA RAYS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS;

EID: 0033064280     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579831     Document Type: Article

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