Micronuclei in lymphocytes of uranium miners of the former Wismut SDAG

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 295-298

  Muller W U ^a   Kryscio, A ^a   Streffer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; URANIUM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEUPLOIDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICRONUCLEUS; MINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPORT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALPHA PARTICLES; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CYTOCHALASIN B; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANY; LIFE STYLE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADON; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 2642520376     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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