Effect of smoking on chromosomes compared with that of radiation in the residents of a high-background radiation area in China

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-446

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Wang, Chunyan ^a   Chen, Deqing ^a   Minamihisamatsu, Masako ^b   Morishima, Hiroshige ^c   Yuan, Yongling ^d   Wei, Luxin ^a   Sugahara, Tsutomu ^e   Hayata, Isamu ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Labor Hygiene Institute of Hunan Province   (China)

^e HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; Human lymphocytes; Low dose radiation; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLASSIFIEDS; CONTROL AREA; HIGH BACKGROUND RADIATION AREAS; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; IN-CONTROL; LOW DOSE RADIATION; MANN-WHITNEY U-TEST; MEAN FREQUENCY; SMOKING;

RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANK SUM TEST; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844275389     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.45.441     Document Type: Article

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