Radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations and haematological alterations in hospital workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 353-360

  Rozgaj, R ^a   Kasuba V ^a   Sentija K ^b   Prlic I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Blood count; Chromosome aberrations; Ionizing radiation; Occupatonal exposure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 0344132091     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.6.353     Document Type: Article

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