Pathophysiological principles underlying the blood cell concentration responses used to assess the severity of effect after accidental whole-body radiation exposure: An essential basis for an evidence-based clinical triage

Experimental Hematology

Volumn 35, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 8-16

  Fliedner, Theodor M ^a   Graessle, Dieter ^a   Meineke, Viktor ^b   Dörr, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Institute of Radiobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CELL DAMAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SICKNESS; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33947208052     PISSN: 0301472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.01.006     Document Type: Review

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