Laboratory intercomparison of the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay

Radiation Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-128

  Romm, H ^a   Barnard, S ^b   Boulay Greene, H ^c   De Amicis, A ^d   De Sanctis, S ^d   Franco, M ^d   Herodin, F ^e   Jones, A ^c   Kulka, U ^a   Lista, F ^d   Martigne, P ^e   Moquet, J ^b   Oestreicher, U ^a   Rothkamm, K ^b   Thierens, H ^f   Valente, M ^e   Vandersickel, V ^f   Vral, A ^f   Braselmann, H ^g   Meineke, V ^h   Abend, M ^h   Beinke, C ^h   more..

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE DES ARMÉES   (France)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOKINESIS BLOCK MICRONUCLEUS TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINESIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LABORATORY PROFICIENCY TESTING; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84882283493     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3234.1     Document Type: Article

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