Lead as a carcinogen: Experimental evidence and mechanisms of action

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-323

  Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a   Waalkes, Michael ^b   Rice, Jerry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Genotoxicity; Lead

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2U GLOBULIN; CELL DNA; LEAD; PROTAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC;

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOTOXICITY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEAD; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033831298     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200009)38:3<316::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Conference Paper

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