Biological effects of low-dose ionizing radiation exposure on interventional cardiologists

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 464-469

  Zakeri, F ^a   Hirobe, T ^b,c   Noghabi, K Akbari ^d  

^a Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority   (Iran)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Cytogenetics; Ionizing radiation; Occupational exposure; X ray

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARDIOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77955975621     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq062     Document Type: Article

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