Clinical report of three cases of acute radiation sickness from a 60Co radiation accident in Henan Province in China

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-69

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Jiang, Bo ^a   Jiang, Li Ping ^a   Wu, Ying ^a   Wang, Xiao Guang ^a   Zhao, Feng Ling ^b   Fu, Bao Hua ^b   Istvan, Turai ^c   Jiang, Enhai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b Institute of Occupational Medicine of Henan Province   (China)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute radiation sickness; Clinical report; Radiation accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DISEASES; MACROPHAGES; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACUTE RADIATION SICKNESS; CLINICAL REPORT; CO IRRADIATIONS; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; HENAN PROVINCE; HIGH DOSE; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; PULLING OUT; REVERSE ISOLATION; TESTOSTERONE;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 38949162931     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.07071     Document Type: Article

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