Thresholds and transitions for activation of cellular radioprotective mechanisms - Correlations between HRS/IRR and the 'inverse' dose-rate effect

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 479-489

  Leonard, Bobby E ^a  

^a International Academy of Hi Tech Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Radioprotective mechanisms; Thresholds; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; DOSE RESPONSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INDUCED RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOMES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUTAGENESIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 34249826347     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000701370902     Document Type: Article

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