The Maximum Low-Dose RBE of 17.4 and 40 keV Monochromatic X Rays for the Induction of Dicentric Chromosomes in Human Peripheral Lymphocytes

Radiation Research

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-504

  Schmid, E ^a   Krumrey, M ^b   Ulm, G ^b   Roos, H ^c   Regulla, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; X-RAYS;

EID: 0346965737     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3070     Document Type: Article

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