SEERaBomb (version 2016.1)

Sigurdson: Chromosome translocation versus age data

Description

This is chromosome translocation versus age data that is pooled across gender and race.

Usage

data(Sigurdson)

Format

A data frame named Sigurdson with the following columns.

age

Age of donor of lymphocytes.

tlcn

Total number of chromosomal translocations per 100 cell equivalents.

Details

The data were obtained using FISH, see reference below. This dataset is loaded automatically with library(SEERaBomb). As such, the function data() is not needed.

References

Sigurdson et al. Mutation Research 652 (2008) 112-121

Examples

library(SEERaBomb)
with(Sigurdson,plot(age,tlcn,cex=2,cex.axis=2,cex.lab=2,las=1,cex.main=2,
               ylab="",main="Translocations per 100 cells"))