Radiation quality and intra-chromosomal aberrations: Size matters

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 836, Issue , 2018, Pages 28-35

  Cornforth, Michael N ^a   Durante, Marco ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b INFN TIFPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberrations; F ratio; Inversions; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CYTOGENETICS; F RATIO; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHORT SURVEY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 85046678080     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2018.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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