Evaluation of the genotoxic effects of chronic low-dose ionizing radiation exposure on nuclear medicine workers

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-578

  Sahin, Ali ^a   Tatar, Abdulgani ^a   Oztas, Sitki ^a   Seven, Bedri ^a   Varoglu, Erhan ^a   Yesilyurt, Ahmet ^a   Ayan, Arif Kursad ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Micronucleus; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; WORKER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349127916     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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