Chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes of peripheral blood among mayak facility workers who inhaled insoluble forms of 239Pu

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Okladnikova, N D ^a   Scott, B R ^b   Tokarskaya, Z B ^a   Zhuntova, G V ^a   Khokhryakov, V F ^a   Syrchikov, V A ^c   Grigoryeva, E S ^a  

^a Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALPHA PARTICLES; BODY BURDEN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; INHALATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM;

EID: 17844396022     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch417     Document Type: Article

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