G. Stephan

TL;DR: The technique works and a lifetime dose to the bone marrow from low-linear energy transfer radiation of 0.5 Gy above normal background levels can be measured for any individual.

TL;DR: There is a strong variation of translocation yield with age but no variation was detectable with gender or smoking habits, and a generic age-dependent control level can be assumed for retrospective biological dosimetry purposes.

TL;DR: The results imply that relatively consistent scoring data were obtained with different chromosome painting protocols and support the idea that the reduction of translocations with time is associated with partial-body irradiation.

TL;DR: FISH‐based analysis of complex rearrangements allows discrimination between partial‐body exposures to low‐linear energy transfer radiation and high‐ linear energy transfer exposures, and in assessing past or chronic exposure to α‐particles, the use of a dose–effect curve obtained by FISH‐ based translocation data, which had not excluded data determined in unstable cells, would underestimate the dose.

TL;DR: The results seem to indicate that compared to low‐LET radiation, after α‐particle exposure centromere‐containing elements are more likely to be repaired.