A comparison of six statistical distributions for analysis of chromosome aberration data for radiation biodosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-267

  Ainsbury, Elizabeth A ^a   Vinnikov, Volodymyr A ^b   Maznyk, Nataliya A ^b   Lloyd, David C ^a   Rothkamm, Kai ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Medical Radiology   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CYTOGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84880273592     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs335     Document Type: Article

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