Monte Carlo simulation of radial distribution of DNA strand breaks along the c and Ne ion paths

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 186-190

  Watanabe, Ritsuko ^a   Wada, Seiichi ^a   Funayama, Tomoo ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuhiko ^a   Saito, Kimiaki ^a   Furusawa, Yoshiya ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA; HEAVY ION; NEON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEON; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 79952332677     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq539     Document Type: Article

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