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Chromosome damage may be said to represent the final manifestation of the early effects of ionizing radiation in that chromosomal events can probably be linked more closely to cell death than any of the other measures of radiation effect so far discussed. Furthermore, until the advent of clonogenic survival assay in the 1950’s, the study of chromosome damage formed the basis for most of our knowledge of the cellular effects of irradiation and even today conventional chromosome studies still provide much information with regard to the underlying mechanisms of radiation action.
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Peacock, J.H. (1991). Discussion Session on LET and Chromosome Damage. In: Fielden, E.M., O’Neill, P. (eds) The Early Effects of Radiation on DNA. NATO ASI Series, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75148-6_42
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