Use of the alkaline comet assay to monitor DNA damage in technicians exposed to low-dose radiation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 693-698

  Ündeǧer, Ülkü ^a   Zorlu, A Faruk ^a   Başaran, Nurşen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST;

ADULT; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 0344132658     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199908000-00012     Document Type: Article

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