Chromosomal damage rate, aging, and diet

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 854, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-36

  Fenech, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA FRAGMENT; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOKINESIS; DIET; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONDISJUNCTION; TELOMERE; TYPES OF STUDY; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WINE;

EID: 0032439244     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09889.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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