Chemoprevention by N-acetylcysteine of urethane-induced clastogenicity and lung tumors in mice

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 302-305

  Balansky, Roumen M ^a   De Flora, Silvio ^b  

^a National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GENOTOXICITY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; URETHANE;

EID: 0031834840     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980717)77:2<302::AID-IJC21>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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