RBE of quasi-monoenergetic 60 MeV neutron radiation for induction of dicentric chromosomes in human lymphocytes

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Nolte, R ^a   Muhlbradt K H ^a   Meulders, J P ^b   Stephan, G ^c   Haney, M ^d   Schmid, E ^d,e  

^a Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHROMOSOMES; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRONS;

DICENTRIC CHROMOSOMES; NEUTRON ENERGY; NEUTRON RADIATION; YIELD COEFFICIENT;

NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FAST NEUTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 27944432432     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-005-0021-4     Document Type: Article

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