Effects of alpha particles on zebrafish embryos

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 714-717

  Yum, E H W ^a   Li, V W T ^a   Choi, V W Y ^a   Cheng, S H ^a   Yu, K N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Hormetic effect; Radiation hormesis; Zebrafish embryos

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE STAINING; APOPTOTIC CELLS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POST-FERTILIZATION; RADIATION HORMESIS; ZEBRAFISH EMBRYOS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

ALPHA PARTICLES;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO; GAMMA RADIATION; HORMESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; RADIATION DOSAGE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77649236426     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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