Stable chromosome aberrations and ionizing radiation in airline pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 953-956

  Nicholas, Joyce S ^a   Butler, G C ^c   Davis, S ^d   Bryant, E ^e   Hoel, D G ^a   Mohr Jr , L C ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Airline Pilots Association International   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; BLOOD CELLS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHASE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

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EID: 0041836254     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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