Increased hprt mutant frequencies in Brazilian children accidentally exposed to ionizing radiation.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1996)28:3<267::AID-EM11>3.0.CO;2-D

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Increased hprt mutant frequencies in Brazilian children accidentally exposed to ionizing radiation.

Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Jan 1996

Saddi V, Curry J, Nohturfft A, Kusser W, Glickman B W

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We have examined the effects of ionizing radiation on somatic mutations in vivo, using the hprt clonal assay. The study was performed on blood samples obtained from children exposed during a radiological accident that happened in 1987, in Goiânia, Brazil. The group of children exposed to ionizing...

Topics

Adolescent
Age Factors
Brazil
Child
Clone Cells
Female
Gene Frequency
Gene Rearrangement
Humans
Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
Male
Mutation
Radioactive Hazard Release
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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