Laboratory intercomparison on the γ-H2AX foci assay

Radiation Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-155

  Rothkamm, K ^a   Horn, S ^a   Scherthan, H ^b   Rossler U ^c   De Amicis, A ^d   Barnard, S ^a   Kulka, Ulrike ^c   Lista, F ^d   Meineke, V ^b   Braselmann, H ^e   Beinke, C ^b   Abend, M ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz ^*  (Germany)

^d Centro Studi e Ricerche di Sanita'e Veterinaria   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X IRRADIATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALIBRATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84882278526     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3238.1     Document Type: Article

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