Cytogenetic analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes of hospital staff occupationally exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 273-280

  Eken, Ayşe ^a   Aydın, Ahmet ^a   Erdem, Onur ^a   Akay, Cemal ^a   Sanal, Hatice Tuba ^a   Soykut, Buğra ^a   Sayal, Ahmet ^a   Somuncu, Ibrahim ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ionizing radiation; micronuclei; occupational exposure; peripheral lymphocytes; sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SMOKING;

EID: 77953015942     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710365693     Document Type: Article

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