DNA damage in subpopulations of human lymphocytes irradiated with doses in the range of 0-1 Gy of X-radiation

Nukleonika

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 145-149

  Wojewódzka, Maria ^a   Machaj, Eugeniusz K ^b,c   Goździk, Aneta ^b   Iwaneńko, Teresa ^a   Ołdak, Tomasz ^d   Kruszewski, Marcin ^a   Pojda, Zygmunt ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

^d Polish Stem Cell Bank   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkaline comet assay; B lymphocytes; Biodosimetry; DNA damage; Histone H2AX foci immunofluorescence assay; Ionizing radiation; Micronucleus test; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149088859     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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