Effects of radiation on the visual appearance and mechanical properties of mouse skin
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 50 (590) , 123-128
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-50-590-123
Abstract
A study of the long term effects of radiation on the visual appearance and mechanical properties of mouse skin is presented. The effect associated with the hair follicle (greying and alopecia) increase monotonically with exposure. Other effects (load, extension and stress at rupture and scarring of the skin) show a reversal at the highest exposures. The skin thickness changes little with exposure, while the skin stiffness exhibits a shoulder on the response curve. Possible mechanisms underlying these effects are discussed.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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