Are chromosomal instabilities induced by exposure of cultured normal human cells to low- or high-LET radiation?

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-311

  Dugan, Lawrence C ^a   Bedford, Joel S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CLONING; CELL LINE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SENESCENCE;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; FIBROBLASTS; G0 PHASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IRON; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TIME FACTORS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0037337854     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0301:ACIIBE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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