Biodosimetry estimate for high-LET irradiation

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-235

  Wang, Z Z ^a,b   Li, W J ^a   Zhi, D J ^c   Jing, X G ^a   Wei, W ^a   Gao, Q X ^c   Liu, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODOSIMETRY; COLCEMID BLOCK; HIGH-LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); METAPHASE CHROMOSOME METHOD;

BLOOD; CHROMOSOMES; CONDENSATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRRADIATION;

DOSIMETRY;

CALYCULIN A; CARBON; DEMECOLCINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTES; METAPHASE; OXAZOLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34547133951     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-007-0110-7     Document Type: Article

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