Research Catalog

Title

Physical and chemical mechanisms in molecular radiation biology / edited by William A. Glass and Matesh N. Varma.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, ©1991.

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Additional Authors

• Glass, William A.
• Varma, Matesh N.
• United States. Department of Energy. Office of Health and Environmental Research.

Description

x, 517 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

• Basic life sciences ; v. 58
• The Language of science

Uniform Title

• Basic life sciences ; v. 58.
• Language of science.

Subject

• Molecular radiobiology > Congresses
• Radiobiology
• Molecular Biology
• Radiobiology
• 42.14 radiobiology
• Molecular radiobiology
• Radiobiologie
• Moleculaire biologie

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Congresses (form)
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• Proceedings of a workshop held Sept. 3-6, 1990, at the National Academy of Sciences Study Center, Woods Hole, Mass. and organized by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The molecular biology of radiation carcinogenesis / E.J. Hall and Greg Freyer -- Atomic and molecular theory / M. Inokuti -- Atomic and molecular physics in the gas phase / L.H. Toburen -- Radiation interactions and energy transport in the condensed phase / R.H. Ritchie [and others] -- Charged particle transport in the condensed phase / M. Zaider -- Radial distribution of dose / R. Katz and M.N. Varma -- Radiation interactions in high-pressure gases / L.G. Christophorou -- Energy transfer, charge transfer, and proton transfer in molecular composite systems / M. Kasha -- Early chemical events and initial DNA damage / A. Chatterjee and W.R. Holley -- The chemistry of free-radical-mediated DNA damage / C. von Sonntag -- The radiological significance of spatial and temporal distribution of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation / H.H. Rossi -- Phenomenological models / L.A. Braby -- Mechanistic models / S.B. Curtis -- Carcinogenesis models : an overview / S.H. Moolgavkar -- DNA damage and repair / J.F. Ward -- Structure-function relations in radiation damaged DNA / R. Osman, K. Miastiewicz, and H. Weinstein -- Chemical, molecular biology, and genetic techniques for correlatiing DNA base damage induced by ionizing radiation with biological end points / N.E. Geacintov and C.E. Swenberg -- Exciton microscopy and reaction kinetics in restricted spaces / R. Kopelman.

ISBN

• 0306441101
• 9780306441103

LCCN

91045566

OCLC

• ocm25131784
• 25131784
• SCSB-1940377

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library