Journal article
Relative Biological Effectiveness and Non-Poissonian Distribution of Dicentric Chromosome Aberrations following Californium-252 Neutron Exposures of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes
Abstract
Cells exposed to fast neutrons often exhibit a non-Poisson distribution of chromosome aberrations due to the high ionization density of the secondary reaction products. However, it is unknown whether lymphocytes exposed to californium-252 (252Cf) spectrum neutrons, of mean energy 2.1 MeV, demonstrate this same dispersion effect at low doses. Furthermore, there is no consensus regarding the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 252Cf …
Authors
Paterson LC; Yonkeu A; Ali F; Priest ND; Boreham DR; Seymour CB; Norton F; Richardson RB
Journal
Radiation Research, Vol. 195, No. 2, pp. 211–217
Publisher
Radiation Research Society
Publication Date
February 1, 2021
DOI
10.1667/rr15528.2
ISSN
0033-7587