Space radiation does not induce a significant increase of intrachromosomal exchanges in astronauts' lymphocytes

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Horstmann, M ^b   Durante, M ^a   Johannes, C ^b   Pieper, R ^b   Obe, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHROMOSOMES; COLOR; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; EARTH (PLANET); IONIZING RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

ASTRONAUTS; CYTOGENETIC DAMAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE RADIATION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT;

ASTRONAUTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 27944508618     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-005-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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