Monte Carlo simulations and measurement of DNA damage from x-ray-triggered Auger cascades in iododeoxyuridine (IUdR)

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-206

  Karnas, S J ^a,b   Moiseenko, V V ^b   Yu, E ^a,b   Truong, P ^a,b   Battista, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDOXURIDINE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON; HAMSTER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; COMET ASSAY; CRICETINAE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRONS; IDOXURIDINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; TUNGSTEN; X-RAYS;

EID: 0035468415     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110100099     Document Type: Article

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