Limitations associated with analysis of cytogenetic data for biological dosimetry

Radiation Research

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-414

  Vinnikov, Volodymyr A ^a   Ainsbury, Elizabeth A ^b   Maznyk, Nataliya A ^a   Lloyd, David C ^b   Rothkamm, Kai ^b  

^a STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; X IRRADIATION; ARTIFACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY;

ARTIFACTS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 77957231948     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2228.1     Document Type: Review

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