Biological dosimetry in a group of radiologists by the analysis of dicentrics and translocations

Radiation Research

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 612-617

  Montoro, A ^a   Rodriguez P ^b   Almonacid, M ^a   Villaescusa, J I ^a   Verdu G ^c   Caballin M R ^b   Barrios, L ^b   Barquinero, J F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 27444438920     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3444.1     Document Type: Article

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