A simple method to irradiate blood cells in vitro with radon gas

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-350

  Hamza, Zareena V ^a   Kumar, Vivek P R ^a   Jeevanram, R K ^a   Santanam, R ^a   Danalaksmi, B ^a   Mohankumar, Mary N ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SUSPENSION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTE; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BLOOD CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADON;

EID: 53349109034     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn060     Document Type: Article

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