Fission-spectrum Neutrons at a Low Dose Rate Enhance Neoplastic Transformation in the Linear, Low Dose Region (0–10 cGy)
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine
- Vol. 46 (1) , 11-15
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008414551011
Abstract
Summary The neoplastic transformation of C3H 10T1/2 cells induced by fission-spectrum neutrons delivered at a high dose rate is linear up to 40 cGy. Reducing the dose rate increases the frequency of transformation in the low dose region. At a dose rate of 0·086 cGy min−1, the initial part of the induction curve remains linear but it has a slope 9-fold greater than the initial part of the curve at a high dose rate.Keywords
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