Monte Carlo evaluation of DNA fragmentation spectra induced by different radiation qualities

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 226-231

  Alloni, D ^a,b   Campa, A ^c,d   Belli, M ^c,d   Esposito, G ^c,d   Mariotti, L ^a,b   Liotta, M ^f   Friedland, W ^e   Paretzke, H ^e   Ottolenghi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 79952354780     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq384     Document Type: Article

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