Detection of chromosomal aberrations by fluorescence in situ hybridization in the first three postirradiation divisions of human lymphocytes

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Boei, J J W A ^a   Vermeulen, S ^a   Natarajan, A T ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JA Cohen Institute Interuniversity Research Institute for Radiopathology and Radiation Protection   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Chromosome aberration; Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); Human lymphocyte; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0343290250     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00171-9     Document Type: Article

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