The use of microbeams to investigate radiation damage in living cells

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-439

  Folkard, Melvyn ^a   Prise, Kevin M ^b   Grime, Geoff ^c   Kirkby, Karen ^c   Vojnovic, Borivoj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Microbeam; Nanobeam; Non targeted effects; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CYTOLOGY; NANOWIRES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; MICROBEAM; NANOBEAM; NON-TARGETED EFFECTS; RADIATION RISK;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONIZING RADIATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELLS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; GENOME; HUMANS;

EID: 58549100663     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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