New calibration curves for biological dosimetry in Cuba

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Ana Ilsa Lamadrid Boada
Tania Mandina Cardoso
Jorge Ernesto González Mesa
Ivonne Romero Aguilera

Abstract

In this paper we show the dose response curves in vitro obtained at first time in Cuba, with several biological indicators for radiation damage: rings in premature chromosome condensation (PCC-R); PCC index and -H2AX foci, all of these in peripheral human lymphocytes. These curves cover an interval of doses between 0.1 Gy to 25 Gy, several radiation qualities and times post-exposition, strengthening the capabilities of the Cuban laboratory to give answer to the radiological emergencies and in the same way increase its contribution to elucidate any radiological abnormal event take place at the region where the main indicator at the present time is the dicentric assay in lymphocytes of peripheral blood.

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Lamadrid Boada, A. I., Mandina Cardoso, T., González Mesa, J. E., & Romero Aguilera, I. (1). New calibration curves for biological dosimetry in Cuba. Nucleus, (49). Retrieved from http://nucleus.cubaenergia.cu/index.php/nucleus/article/view/543
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Ciencias Nucleares

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