Biological estimates of dose to inhabitants of Belarus and Ukraine following the Chernobyl accident

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-219

  Edwards, Alan ^a   Voisin, P ^b   Sorokine Durm, I ^b   Maznik, N ^c   Vinnikov, V ^c   Mikhalevich, L ^d   Moquet, J ^a   Lloyd, D ^a   Delbos, M ^b   Durand, V ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c Institute of Medical Radiology   (Ukraine)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND CYTOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BELARUS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; UKRAINE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; BYELARUS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UKRAINE;

EID: 5144220645     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch039     Document Type: Article

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