Interlaboratory comparison of the dicentric chromosome assay for radiation biodosimetry in mass casualty events

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 551-560

  Wilkins, Ruth C ^a   Romm, Horst ^b   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^c   Awa, Akio A ^d   Yoshida, Mitsuaki A ^e   Livingston, Gordon K ^d   Jenkins, Mark S ^d   Oestreicher, Ursula ^b   Pellmar, Terry C ^f   Prasanna, Pataje G S ^f,g  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 43449090995     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1272.1     Document Type: Article

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