Avoidance of bioflavonoid supplements during pregnancy: A pathway to infant leukemia?

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-101

  Paolini, Moreno ^a   Sapone, Andrea ^a   Valgimigli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOFLAVONOID; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GYRASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE; HUMAN; INSECT; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MLL GENE; OXIDATION; PLANT LEAF; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

INSECTA;

EID: 0038361118     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(03)00057-5     Document Type: Letter

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