Clusters of DNA double-strand breaks induced by different doses of nitrogen ions for various LETs: Experimental measurements and theoretical analyses

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 917-927

  Fakir, Hatim ^a   Sachs, Rainer K ^b   Stenerlöw, Bo ^c   Hofmann, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 33845358227     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0639.1     Document Type: Article

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