Ethylene oxide as a biological reactive intermediate of endogenous origin

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 387, Issue , 1996, Pages 275-283

  Törnqvist, Margareta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE MUTATION; LIVER MICROSOME; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029764211     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9480-9_36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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