Induction of chromosome aberration in human lymphocytes and its dependence on X ray energy

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Guerrero Carbajal, C ^a   Edwards, A A ^b   Lloyd, David C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRODOSIMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345329965     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006342     Document Type: Article

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