Cytogenetic studies for a group of people living in Japan 1 year after the Fukushima nuclear accident

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 20-25

  Chen, Ying ^a   Zhou, Ping Kun ^c   Zhang, Xue Qing ^a   Wang, Zhi Dong ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Darroudi, Firouz ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOKYO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903212010     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu180     Document Type: Article

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