Stable intrachromosomal biomarkers of past exposure to densely ionizing radiation in several chromosomes of exposed individuals

Radiation Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-263

  Mitchell, Catherine R ^a   Azizova, Tamara V ^b   Hande, M Prakash ^a,c   Burak, Ludmilla E ^b   Tsakok, Josephine M ^a   Khokhryakov, Valentin F ^b   Geard, Charles R ^a   Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METAPHASE; NEUTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA;

EID: 4644310687     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3231     Document Type: Article

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