Micronuclei in lymphocytes and exfoliated buccal cells of postmenopausal women with dietary changes in folate

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 417, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 101-114

  Titenko Holland, Nina ^a   Jacob, Robert A ^b   Shang, Nong ^a   Balaraman, Anita ^a   Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buccal cell; Dietary folate; Lymphocyte; Micronucleus frequency; Postmenopausal woman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MENOPAUSE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 0031662942     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(98)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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