Stereology techniques in radiation biology

Radiation Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 110-119

  Kubínová, Lucie ^a   Mao, Xiao Wen ^b   Janáček, Jiří ^a   Archambeau, John O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037668064     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/R3016     Document Type: Review

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