DNA damage induction during localized chronic exposure to an insoluble radioactive microparticle

Abstract Insoluble radioactive microparticles emitted by the incident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant have drawn keen interests from the viewpoint of radiation protection. Cs-bearing particles have been assumed to adhere in the long term to trachea after aspirated into respiratory system, leadi...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Matsuya, Yukihiko Satou, Nobuyuki Hamada, Hiroyuki Date, Masayori Ishikawa, Tatsuhiko Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46874-6