Establishment of an x-ray standard calibration curve by conventional dicentric analysis as prerequisite for accurate radiation dose assessment

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-268

  Beinke, Christina ^a   Braselmann, Herbert ^b   Meineke, Viktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Calibration; Cytogenetics; Dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; X RAY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; X-RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649096017     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181b35a53     Document Type: Article

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