Age-dependent changes in oxygen tension, radiation dose and sensitivity within normal and diseased coronary arteries-Part A: Dose from radon and thoron

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 838-848

  Richardson, Richard B ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry radiation; Heart; Radon; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OXYGEN; RADON; RADON 220;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA PARTICLES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOLUBILITY; TUNICA INTIMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349129985     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000802392748     Document Type: Article

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