Gamma-H2AX-based dose estimation for whole and partial body radiation exposure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Horn, Simon ^a,b   Barnard, Stephen ^a   Rothkamm, Kai ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; H2AFX PROTEIN, HUMAN; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DOSIMETRY; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ADULT; AGED; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION RESPONSE; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; X-RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053109692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025113     Document Type: Article

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