Effective target size for the induction of bystander effects in medium transfer experiments

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 627-630

  Liu, Zhengfeng ^a   Prestwich, William V ^a   Stewart, Robert D ^b   Soo, Hyun Byun ^a   Mothersill, Carmel E ^a   McNeill, Fiona E ^a   Seymour, Colin B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; MICRODOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL LINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL LINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 38449119347     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1014.1     Document Type: Article

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