The effects of stress on DNA repair capacity

Psychology and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 881-891

  Forlenza, Michael J ^a   Latimer, Jean J ^b   Baum, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Academic stress; DNA damage; DNA repair; Nucleotide excision repair; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034357878     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440008405589     Document Type: Article

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