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Chromosome analysis as a supplement to physical dosimetry to-day is an important radiation protection tool for the identification of radiation exposures. The effectiveness of this method, also in the low dose range, is substantiated by literature reports (1,2,3) as well as by own chromosome examinations. Our results have shown to be in good agreement with those from physically determined whole body doses (in preparation).
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Stephan, G., Oestreicher, U. (1988). Chromosome Aberrations in Peripheral Lymphocytes of Persons Present in the Vicinity of Chernobyl During and After the Reactor Accident. In: Seemayer, N.H., Hadnagy, W. (eds) Environmental Hygiene. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73766-4_39
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