Time- and dose-related changes in the thickness of skin in the pig after irradiation with single doses of Thulium-170 beta particles

Radiation Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-109

  Rezvani, M ^a   Hopewell, J W ^a   Wilkinson, J H ^a   Bray, S ^a   Morris, G M ^a   Charles, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN SURFACE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWINE; TARGET CELL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0033997188     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0104:TADRCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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