Effect of constant light on DMBA mammary tumorigenesis in rats

Cancer Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Anderson, L E ^a   Morris, J E ^a   Sasser, L B ^a   Stevens, R G ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Dimethylbenzanthracene; Light exposure; Mammary cancer; Mammary gland development; Rats

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCARCINOGENESIS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033978327     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00320-1     Document Type: Article

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