Radiation chemistry comes before radiation biology

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-25

  O'Neill, Peter ^a   Wardman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander effects; Clustered damage; DNA damage; Hypoxia probes; Radiation chemistry; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

2 NITROIMIDAZOLE; 4 NITROACETOPHENONE; 4 NITROIMIDAZOLE; CYTOTOXIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL; IMIDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MISONIDAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PIMONIDAZOLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL; TIRAPAZAMINE;

BIODIVERSITY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL HYPOXIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PROBE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADICAL REACTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 60749131956     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000802640401     Document Type: Review

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