Single-cell gel (comet) assay detects primary DNA damage in nonneoplastic urothelial cells of smokers and ex-smokers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 987-993

  De M C Gontijo, Alisson M ^a   Elias, Flavia N ^a   Salvadori, Daisy M F ^a   de Oliveira, Maria L C S ^a   Correa, Luis A ^a   Goldberg, Jose ^a   de S Trindade, Jose Carlos ^a   de Camargo, Joao Lauro V ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SARCOSINE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; BLADDER TUMOR; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034842398     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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