Micronuclei in humans induced by exposure to low level of ionizing radiation: Influence of polymorphisms in DNA repair genes

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 570, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-117

  Angelini, Sabrina ^a,b   Kumar, Rajiv ^b,c   Carbone, Fabio ^a   Maffei, Francesca ^a   Forti, Giorgio Cantelli ^a   Violante, Francesco Saverio ^b,d   Lodi, Vittorio ^b,d   Curti, Stefania ^b,d   Hemminki, Kari ^b,c   Hrelia, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA repair genes; Genetic polymorphisms; Ionizing radiation; Micronuclei; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXON; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 19944432159     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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