Wound trauma alters ionizing radiation dose assessment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Wounding following whole-body γ-irradiation (radiation combined injury, RCI) increases mortality. Wounding-induced increases in radiation mortality are triggered by sustained activation of inducible nitric oxide synthase pathways, pe...

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Main Authors: Kiang Juliann G, Garrison Bradley R, Burns True M, Zhai Min, Dews Ian C, Ney Patrick H, Cary Lynnette H, Fukumoto Risaku, Elliott Thomas B, Ledney G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:Cell & Bioscience
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Online Access:http://www.cellandbioscience.com/content/2/1/20