Interlaboratory comparison of dicentric chromosome assay using electronically transmitted images

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-25

  Garcia O ^a   Di Giorgio, M ^b   Vallerga, M B ^b   Radl, A ^b   Taja, M R ^b   Seoane, A ^c   De Luca, J ^c   Stuck Oliveira, M ^d   Valdivia, P ^e   Lamadrid, A I ^a   Gonzalez J E ^a   Romero, I ^a   Mandina, T ^a   Pantelias, G ^f   Terzoudi, G ^f   Guerrero Carbajal, C ^g   Arceo Maldonado, C ^g   Espinoza, M ^h   Oliveros, N ⁱ   Martinez Lopez W ^j   Di Tomaso, M V ^j   Mendez Acuna L ^j   Puig, R ^k   Roy, L ^l   Barquinero, J F ^l   more..

^a Laboratorio de Radiobiología   (Cuba)

^b Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Radioprotección y Dosimetría IRD   (Brazil)

^e Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^h INSTITUTO PERUANO DE ENERGÍA NUCLEAR   (Peru)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^j INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^k UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^l INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; LABORATORY; LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LYMPHOCYTES; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 84875598554     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs139     Document Type: Article

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