Biological dosimetry by the triage dicentric chromosome assay: Potential implications for treatment of acute radiation syndrome in radiological mass casualties

Radiation Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-404

  Romm, Horst ^a   Wilkins, Ruth C ^b   Coleman, C Norman ^c,d   Lillis Hearne, Patricia K ^e   Pellmar, Terry C ^e   Livingston, Gordon K ^f   Awa, Akio A ^f   Jenkins, Mark S ^f   Yoshida, Mitsuaki A ^g,h   Oestreicher, Ursula ^a   Prasanna, Pataje G S ^c,e  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MASS DISASTER; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MASS CASUALTY;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; CALIBRATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; METAPHASE; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; TRIAGE;

EID: 79952124583     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2321.1     Document Type: Article

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