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Associations of DNA-repair gene polymorphisms with a genetic susceptibility to ionizing radiation in residents of areas with high radon (222Rn) concentration.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Jun 2015
Sinitsky Maxim Y, Larionov Aleksey V, Asanov Maxim A, Druzhinin Vladimir G
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PURPOSE: To investigate the individual radiosensitivity of the human genome in long-term residents of areas with high radon concentration. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The materials used for this investigation were venous blood samples extracted from children living in the boarding school of Tashtagol (Kemerovo Region, Russia). Cytogenetic damage assessment was performed using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay...
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