Premature Chromosome Condensation (PCC) assay for dose assessment in mass casualty accidents

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-78

  Lindholm, Carita ^a   Stricklin, Daniela ^b   Jaworska, Alicja ^c   Koivistoinen, Armi ^a   Paile, Wendla ^a   Arvidsson, Eva ^b   Deperas Standylo, Joanna ^d,e   Wojcik, Andrzej ^f,g  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MASS DISASTER; PREMATURE CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 73349087183     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1843.1     Document Type: Article

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