Comet assay to sense neutron 'fingerprint'

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 452, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Gajendiran, Natarajan ^a   Tanaka, Kimio ^b   Kamada, Nanao ^b  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodosimetry; Comet assay; DNA damage; Neutron radiation; RBE

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; DNA;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTRON RADIATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; NEUTRONS;

EID: 0034683652     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(00)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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