Track structure effects in a study of cell killing in normal human skin fibroblasts

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1101-1113

  Korcyl, Marta ^a   Waligórski, Michael P R ^b,c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Action cross section; Cell survival; Relative biological effectiveness; Track structure model

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAVY ION; IRON; NEON; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICON;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SURVIVAL RATE;

CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SKIN;

EID: 72049106919     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553000903242123     Document Type: Article

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