Glycophorin A mutant frequency in radiation workers at the nuclear power plants and a hospital

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 501, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 45-56

  Ha, Mina ^a,b   Yoo, Keun Young ^b   Cho, Soo Hun ^b  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship; Glycophorin A mutation; Low dose ionizing radiation; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOPHORIN A; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GLYCOPHORIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037171645     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(02)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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