Somatic cell mutations at the glycophorin A locus in erythrocytes of radiation workers from the sellafield nuclear facility

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-122

  Tawn, E Janet ^a   Whitehouse, Caroline A ^a   Daniel, C Paul ^a   Tarone, Robert E ^b   Bothwell, Andrea M ^a   Fisher, Ann ^a  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ERYTHROCYTES; GLYCOPHORIN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RETIREMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0037230151     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0117:SCMATG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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