Long-term effects of a change from a mixed diet to a lacto-vegetarian diet on human urinary and faecal mutagenic activity

Mutagenesis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Johansson, Gunnar ^a,d   Holmén, Anders ^b   Persson, Lennart ^c   Högstedt, Benkt ^b   Wassén, Cecilia ^a   Ottova, Ludmila ^a   Gustafsson, Jan Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Laboratory Services Ltd   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; MUTAGENIC AGENT; SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EGG; FAT INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; URINE; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LACTOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; URINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031907293     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/13.2.167     Document Type: Article

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