Preconception exposures to potential germ-cell mutagens

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-245

  Draper, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PRECONCEPTION INJURIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 58549118468     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn256     Document Type: Article

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