Chromosome aberrations induced in human lymphocytes by heavy charged particles in track segment mode

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Di Giorgio, M ^a   Edwards, Alan A ^b   Moquet, J E ^b   Finnon, P ^b   Hone, P A ^b   Lloyd, D C ^b   Kreiner, A J ^c,d,e   Schuff, J A ^c   Taja, M R ^a   Vallerga, M B ^a   Lopez F O ^b   Burlon A ^c,d   Debray, M E ^c,d   Valda, A ^c  

^a Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear   (Argentina)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^d UNSAM   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; OXYGEN;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ELECTRON; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTE; METAPHASE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTES; METAPHASE; OXYGEN; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0842303584     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch012     Document Type: Article

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