Fluorescence in situ hybridisation in detecting chromosome aberrations caused by occupational exposure to ionising radiation

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-68

  Želježić, Davor ^a   Garaj Vrhovac, Vera ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biodosimetry; CA; FISH; Genome damage; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 33645543096     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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