Unstable chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei analyses in the biomonitoring of workers occupationally exposed to ionising radiation

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-309

  Fernandes, Thiago De Salazar ^a   Amaral, Ademir De Jesus ^a   Cavalcanti, Mariana Brayner ^a   Braga, Lidiane Régia Pereira ^a   Morais Melo, Raul Antônio ^b  

^a Centro Reg de Cien Nucleares CRCN/NE   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Chromosome aberrations; Cytogenetic analysis; Micronuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RING CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33846821839     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2006.012004     Document Type: Article

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