The effects of gamma rays on longevity

Biogerontology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-319

  Calabrese, Edward J ^a   Baldwin, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive response; Age related differences; Cancer; Gamma rays; Hormesis; Longevity; Mice; Radiation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; RATS;

EID: 0034571028     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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