3-(Methylnitrosamino)propionitrile: Occurrence in Saliva of Betel Quid Chewers, Carcinogenicity, and DNA Methylation in F344 Rats

Cancer Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 467-471

  Prokopczyk, Bogdan ^a   Rivenson, Abraham ^a   Bertinato, Peter ^a   Brunnemann, Klaus D ^a   Hoffmann, Dietrich ^a  

^a American Health Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (METHYLNITROSAMINO)PROPIONITRILE; CARCINOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETEL QUID; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MOUTH; MOUTH CANCER; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARECA; CARCINOGENS; DNA DAMAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NITROSAMINES; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SALIVA;

EID: 0023155137     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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