Spontaneous frequency of micronuclei among the newborns from high level natural radiation areas of Kerala in the southwest coast of India

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-280

  Das, Birajalaxmi ^a   Karuppasamy, C V ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Cytochalasin blocked micronuclei (CBMN) method; High Level Natural Radiation Area (HLNRA); Micronuclei; Normal Level Natural Radiation Area (NLNRA)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHALASIN BLOCKED MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL CULTURE; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449085220     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000902751462     Document Type: Article

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