Low doses of very low-dose-rate low-let radiation suppress radiation-induced neoplastic transformation in vitro and induce an adaptive response

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-318

  Elmore, E ^a   Lao, X Y ^a   Kapadia, R ^a   Giedzinski, E ^a   Limoli, C ^a   Redpath, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; ADAPTATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 41649090594     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1199.1     Document Type: Article

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