Dicentric chromosomes and γ-H2AX foci formation in lymphocytes of human blood samples exposed to a CT scanner: A direct comparison of dose response relationships

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Golfier, Sven ^a   Jost, Gregor ^a   Pietsch, Hubertus ^a   Lengsfeld, Philipp ^a   Eckardt Schupp, Friederike ^b   Schmid, Ernst ^c   Voth, Matthias ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65549130917     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp061     Document Type: Article

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