Micronutrient deficiencies. A major cause of DNA damage

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 889, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-106

  Ames, Bruce N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 401 Barker Hall MCB/BMB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; TRACE ELEMENT; URACIL; ZINC;

CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033427595     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08727.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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