Published January 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Differential recovery from potentially lethal damage in normal human lung fibroblasts after irradiation with 60Co γ-rays and accelerated N-ion beam

  • 1. National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba (Japan)
  • 2. Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama (Japan)

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PLD recovery after irradiation with accelerated N-ion was examined and compared with that after irradiation with 60Co γ-rays in normal human lung fibroblasts (IMR-90). No shoulder region was observed in the survival curve of the cells after N-ion irradiation. Ratios of D0 values before and after a 6-hour incubation in plateau phase were 1.1 and 1.8 for N-ion irradiation and γ-ray irradiation respectively. The results show that recovery after irradiation with high-LET radiation is slow and much less than after low-LET irradiation. (author)

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Journal Title
Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Relat. Stud. Phys., Chem. Med.
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
1
Series
Int. J. Radiat. Biol. Relat. Stud. Phys., Chem. Med.
Journal Page Range
21-26
ISSN
0020-7616