'Spontaneous' genetic damage in man: Evaluation of interindividual variability, relationship among markers of damage, and influence of nutritional status

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-135

  MacGregor, James T ^a   Wehr, Carol M ^b   Hiatt, Robert A ^c   Peters, Beverly ^c   Tucker, James D ^d   Langlois, Richard G ^d   Jacob, Robert A ^e   Jensen, Ronald H ^f   Yager, Janice W ^b   Shigenaga, Mark K ^b   Frei, Balz ^b   Eynon, Barrett P ^a   Ames, Bruce N ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B12 deficiency; Chromosome damage; Folate deficiency; Genetic damage; Human risk; Micronucleated erythrocyte; Micronucleus; Nutritional deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLYCOPHORIN A; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC MARKERS; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RETICULOCYTES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SPLENECTOMY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030942667     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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