Simulation of light ion induced DNA damage patterns

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Friedland, Werner ^a   Jacob, Peter ^a   Paretzke, Herwig G ^a   Ottolenghi, Andrea ^b   Ballarini, Francesca ^b   Liotta, Marco ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELIUM; DNA; ION;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON; FIBROBLAST; IRRADIATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; X RAY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CHROMATIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 34347405129     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl451     Document Type: Article

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