N-acetylysteine treatment lowers 4-aminobiphenyl haemoglobin adduct levels in non-smokers

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 469-472

  Rosler S ^a   Behr, J ^a   Richter, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BIPHENYLAMINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; COTININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NICOTINE; 4-BIPHENYLAMINE; AMINOBIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N MONOACETYLCYSTINE; N-MONOACETYLCYSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUNG FIBROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; AMINOBIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CYSTINE; DNA ADDUCTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033237887     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199910000-00015     Document Type: Article

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