Non-targeted and delayed effects of exposure to ionizing radiation: II. Radiation-induced genomic instability and bystander effects in vivo, clastogenic factors and transgenerational effects

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 581-596

  Morgan, William F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER RISK; CELL DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; EVALUATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSGENERATIONAL EFFECT;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FETUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 0038640479     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0581:NADEOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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