Effect of high doses of gamma radiation on the functional characteristics of amniotic membrane

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1026-1030

  Singh, Rita ^a   Purohit, Sumita ^a   Chacharkar, M P ^a  

^a DEFENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Gamma radiation; Infrared spectra; Properties; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROORGANISMS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE; RELATIVE VARIATION; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; GAMMA RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34047137552     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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