Decrease in bladder cell micronucleus prevalence after intervention to lower the concentration of arsenic in drinking water

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1051-1056

  Moore, Lee E ^a   Smith, Allan H ^a   Hopenhayn Rich, Claudia ^a   Biggs, Mary Lou ^a   Kalman, David A ^b   Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POISONS; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031468406     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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