Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 81-88 , April 2007

Responses of Normal Cells to Ionizing Radiation

  • H. Peter Rodemann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to H. Peter Rodemann, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen Röntgenweg 11, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
    • ,
  • Marcel A. Blaese, PhD

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 Supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Defense (FV M SAB1 2 A002).

PII: S1053-4296(06)00106-8

doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.11.005

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 81-88 , April 2007

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