Biological dosimetry in Russian and Italian astronauts

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1495-1503

  Greco, O ^a   Durante, M ^b   Gialanella, G ^b   Grossi, G ^b   Pugliese, M ^b   Scampoli, P ^b   Snigiryova, G ^c   Obe, G ^d  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHROMOSOMES; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH RISKS; SPACE FLIGHT; X RAYS;

BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0038299254     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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