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The Influence of Smoking and Low Dose Radiation Exposure to the Damage of the Lymphocyte DNA

흡연과 낮은 방사선 피폭량이 Lymphocyte DNA 손상에 미치는 영향

  • 신현길 (한국원자력병원 임상의학연구실) ;
  • 김윤주 (한동대학교 생명과학연구소) ;
  • 권은혜 (한동대학교 생명과학연구소) ;
  • 육진영 (한동대학교 생명과학연구소) ;
  • 최수용 (한국원자력병원 임상의학연구실)
  • Published : 2003.12.01
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Abstract

Single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) was used to the experiment with the variation on the amount of smoking and low dose radiation exposure to find how much the Lymphocyte DNA was damaged, and especially for whom smoke a lot(about 20 or more than 20 cigarettes a day) it was found to be highly damaged. While, the damage of 'not more than 20 cigarettes a day' was found to be not so much significant as like for whom smoke about or more than 20 cigarettes a day And, according to the different amount of the radiation exposure, the Lymphocyte DNA was found to be considerably damaged for 0-13m Sv (P<0.01), it was not able to prove the relationship between the DNA damage and the radiation exposure.

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