Critically accident dosimetry by chromosomal analysis

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 443-447

  Voisin, P ^a   Roy, L ^a   Hone, P A ^b   Edwards, A A ^b   Lloyd, David C ^b   Stephan, G ^c   Romm, H ^c   Groer, P G ^d   Brame, R ^e  

^a Inst of Radiation/Nuclear Safety   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISSION NEUTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR SAFETY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644249198     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch226     Document Type: Article

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