Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 66-72 , April 2010

Relative biological effectiveness of pulsed and continuous 20MeV protons for micronucleus induction in 3D human reconstructed skin tissue

  • Thomas E. Schmid

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Klinik für Strahlentherapie und radiologische Onkologie Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 München, Germany.
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  • Günther Dollinger

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Applied Physics and Metrology, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Neubiberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Volker Hable

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Applied Physics and Metrology, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Neubiberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Christoph Greubel

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Applied Physics and Metrology, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Neubiberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Olga Zlobinskaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
    • ,
  • Dörte Michalski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Molls

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
    • ,
  • Barbara Röper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany

Received 22 December 2009 ,Revised 25 February 2010 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.03.010

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