Suppressive effect of long-term low-dose rate gamma-irradiation on chemical carcinogenesis in mice

International Congress Series

Volumn 1236, Issue C, 2002, Pages 487-490

  Sakai, Kazuo ^a   Iwasaki, Toshiyasu ^a   Hoshi, Yuko ^a   Nomura, Takaharu ^a   Oda, Takeshi ^a   Fujita, Kazuko ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Tanooka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic irradiation; Gamma rays; Low dose rate irradiation; Methylcholanthrene; Suppression of carcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856944872     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(01)00861-5     Document Type: Article

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