Transgenerational effects of parental exposure to ionizing radiation

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Sadetzki, Siegal ^a   Flint Richter, Pazit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Heritable effects; Ionizing radiation; Second generation; Teratogenesis

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 33748422703     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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