Relative toxicity of chronic irradiation by 45Ca β particles and 242Cm α particles with respect to the production of lung tumors in CBA/Ca mice

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 782-793

  Priest, N D ^a   Hoel, D G ^b   Brooks, P N ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Harwell Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CALCIUM 45; CURIUM; CURIUM 242; RADIOISOTOPE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHALATION; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TOXICITY; LUNG TUMOR; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CURIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750744841     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0618.1     Document Type: Article

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