An 11 year follow-up of individual radiation responses as assessed by micronuclei induction in peripheral blood lymphocytes

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-196

  Swain, Dieuwke E ^a,b   Mill, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Genencor International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0034078992     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/20/2/401     Document Type: Article

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