Genetic monitoring of the human population from high-level natural radiation areas of Kerala on the Southwest Coast of India. II. Incidence of numerical and structural chromosomal aberrations in the lymphocytes of newborns

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Cheriyan, V D ^a   Kurien, C J ^a   Birajalaxmi, Das ^a   Ramachandran, E N ^a   Karuppasamy, C V ^a   Thampi, M V ^a   George, K P ^a   Kesavan, P C ^a   Koya, P K M ^a   Chauhan, P S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0344718603     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580136     Document Type: Article

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