Mechanisms of radiation damage of biomolecules

Latest Advances in Atomic Cluster Collisions: Structure and Dynamics from the Nuclear to the Biological Scale

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 411-425

  Surdutovich, E ^a   Obolensky, O I ^b,c   Pshenichnov, I ^b   Mishustin, I ^b   Solov'Yov A V ^b,c   Greiner, W ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; DNA damage; Dosimetry assessment; Energy loss; Heavy ion beam; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967407642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781848162389_0031     Document Type: Chapter

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