Extranuclear target and low dose radiation risk assessment

International Congress Series

Volumn 1276, Issue , 2005, Pages 21-24

  Hei, Tom K ^a   Zhou, Hongning ^a   Suzuki, Masao ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Extranuclear target; Mutation; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646440071     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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