Effect of americium-241 α-particles on the dose-response of chromosome aberrations in human lymphocytes analysed by fluorescence in situ hybridization

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-164

  Barquinero, J F ^a   Stephan, G ^b   Schmid, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; ALPHA PARTICLES; AMERICIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 1642447798     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553002310001655430     Document Type: Article

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