Induction of chromatid-type aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes of hospital workers exposed to very low doses of radiation

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 626, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Ballardin, Michela ^a   Antonelli, Alessandro ^b   Cipollini, Monica ^a   Fallahi, Poupak ^b   Scarpato, Roberto ^a   Tomei, Antonio ^a   Traino, Claudio ^a   Barale, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Conventional Giemsa analysis; Thermo luminescence dosimeters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATID ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETRY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; NURSE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMATIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 33845328404     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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