Increased micronucleus frequency in lymphocytes from smokers with lung cancer

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Cheng, Tsun Jen ^a   Christiani, David C ^a,b   Xu, Xiping ^a   Wain, John C ^b   Wiencke, John K ^c   Kelsey, Karl T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Micronucleus; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030067343     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00150-6     Document Type: Article

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