The importance of radiation chemistry to radiation and free radical biology (the 2008 silvanus thompson memorial lecture)

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 974, 2009, Pages 89-104

  Wardman, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; FLUORESCENT DYE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIC CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROSATIVE STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; ARTIFACT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NITROSATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOBIOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROSATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 60749132697     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/60186130     Document Type: Review

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