Aphidicolin-Sensitive specific common fragile sites: A biomarker of exposure to pesticides

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-255

  Musio, Antonio ^a   Sbrana, Isabella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer breakpoints; Common fragile sites; Pesticide exposure; Tumor development

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; APHIDICOLIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 0031005091     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)29:3<250::AID-EM4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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