Individual variations in the micronucleus assay for biological dosimetry after high dose exposure

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 756, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 196-200

  Kacprzak, Justyna ^a   Kuszewski, Tomasz ^b   Lankoff, Anna ^a,c   Müller, Wolfgang Ulrich ^d   Wojcik, Andrzej ^a,e   Lisowska, Halina ^a  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Swietokrzyski Center of Cardiology Kielce   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological dosimetry; High radiation doses; Micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DONOR; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; HIGH RADIATION DOSES; MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MANGANESE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RADIOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884211176     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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