A method to differentiate between the levels of ESR signals induced by sunlight and by ionizing radiation in teeth from atomic bomb survivors

Radiation Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-364

  Nakamura, N ^a   Cullings, H M ^a   Kodama, Y ^a   Wada, T ^b   Miyazawa, C ^c   Lee, K ^d   Awa, A A ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CHEEK; CYTOGENETICS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TONGUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVORS; TOOTH;

EID: 33644520244     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3512.1     Document Type: Article

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