DNA damage from micronutrient deficiencies is likely to be a major cause of cancer

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 475, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 7-20

  Ames, Bruce N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Trace mineral deficiency; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DNA; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URACIL; ZINC;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; COLON CARCINOMA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRUIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LONGEVITY; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RADIATION; REVIEW; VEGETABLE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 0035906343     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(01)00070-7     Document Type: Review

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