Comparison of inter- and intra- chromosomal aberrations in blood samples exposed to different dose rates of gamma radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Karthikeya Prabhu, B ^a   Venkatachalam, P ^a   Paul, S F D ^a   Muthuvelu, K ^b   Balu David, M ^b   Mohankumar, M N ^c   Jeevanram, R K ^c  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Govt Aringar Ann Memorial Hospital   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ARM; COBALT TELETHERAPY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE MINUTE CHROMOSOME; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RING CHROMOSOME; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0037278762     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006120     Document Type: Article

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