Chromosomal damage in long-term residents of houses contaminated with cobalt-60

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Volumn 355, Issue 9205, 2000, Pages 726-

  Chen, F D ^a   Chen, K Y ^a   Ngo, F Q H ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Tsai, S T ^b   Ling, T S ^c   Whang Peng, J J K ^d   Edwards, A A ^e   Lloyd, D C ^e   Chen, W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Veterans General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c Chung Gung Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0034716465     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)05482-3     Document Type: Article

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