DNA damage and integrity of UV-induced DNA repair in lymphocytes of smokers analysed by the comet assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 520, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 179-187

  Mohankumar, Mary N ^a   Janani, S ^a   Prabhu, B Karthikeya ^a   Kumar, P R Vivek ^a   Jeevanram, R K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA repair; Genetic polymorphism; Inter individual variability; Nucleotide excision repair (NER); Single cell gel electrophoresis; Smokers; UV induced DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; HUMANS; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037179499     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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