K‐ras mutations in human adenocarcinoma of the lung: Association with smoking and occupational exposure to asbestos

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 250-256

  Husgafvel Pursiainen K ^a   Hackman, P ^a   Ridanpaa M ^a   Anttila, S ^a   Karjalainen, A ^a   Partanen, T ^a   Taikina Aho O ^b   Heikkila L ^c   Vainio, H ^a,d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027407823     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910530213     Document Type: Article

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