Activation of genotoxins to DNA-damaging species in exfoliated breast milk cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 470, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-124

  Martin, Francis L ^a   Cole, Kathleen J ^a   Williams, J Andrew ^a   Millar, Barbara C ^a   Harvey, David ^b   Weaver, Gillian ^b   Grover, Philip L ^a   Phillips, David H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Comet assay; Exfoliated breast milk cells; Genotoxicity; Rodent mammary carcinogen; Single strand break

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUTAGENS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034739689     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(00)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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