Cross sections of electron inelastic interactions in DNA

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-182

  Tan, Zhenyu ^a   Xia, Yueyuan ^a   Liu, Xiangdong ^a   Zhao, Mingwen ^a   Ji, Yanju ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Huang, Boda ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BINARY-ENCOUNTER-BETHE MODEL; CROSS SECTIONS; ELECTRON INELASTIC INTERACTIONS; EXCHANGE CORRECTIONS;

DNA;

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEOTIDES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 9944229135     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-004-0249-4     Document Type: Article

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