Endogenous mutagens and the causes of aging and cancer

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 1991, Pages 3-16

  Ames, Bruce N ^a   Gold, Lios Swirsky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Mutation; Promotion

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

AGING; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; MITOGENESIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR PROMOTION;

AGING; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; OXIDANTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0025902273     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(91)90157-J     Document Type: Article

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