A biological evaluation of DNA damage detected by comet assay in healthy populations residing in areas that differ in lung cancer incidence

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1071-1082

  Heepchantree, Worapa ^a   Paratasilpin, Thipmani ^a   Kangwanpong, Daoroong ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER INHIBITION; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 33745686443     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500360257     Document Type: Article

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