Analysis of radon-associated squamous cell carcinomas of the lung for a p53 gene hotspot mutation

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 763-766

  Yang, Q ^a   Wesch, H ^a   Mueller, K M ^b   Bartsch, H ^a   Wegener, K ^c   Hollstein, M ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Mutation; p53; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; METHIONINE; RADON; URANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0033951055     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0995     Document Type: Article

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