Alpha-hit, cellular dose, cell transformation and inactivation probability distributions of radon progenies in the bronchial epithelium

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 540-542

  Szöke, István ^a,b   Balásházy, Imre ^a   Farkas, Árpád ^a,b   Hofmann, Werner ^b   Szoke, Réka ^a   Fakir, Hatim ^b   Kis, Erika ^c  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; TARGET CELL; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHUS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALPHA PARTICLES; BRONCHI; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADON DAUGHTERS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 34347397846     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl428     Document Type: Article

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