An increased micronucleus frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes predicts the risk of cancer in humans

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-631

  Bonassi, Stefano ^a   Znaor, Ariana ^b   Ceppi, Marcello ^a   Lando, Cecilia ^a   Chang, Wushou Peter ^c   Holland, Nina ^d   Kirsch Volders, Micheline ^e   Zeiger, Errol ^f   Ban, Sadayuki ^g,u   Barale, Roberto ^h   Bigatti, Maria Paola ⁱ   Bolognesi, Claudia ^a   Cebulska Wasilewska, Antonina ^j   Fabianova, Eleonora ^k   Fucic, Alexandra ^l   Hagmar, Lars ^m   Joksic, Gordana ⁿ   Martelli, Antonietta ^o   Migliore, Lucia ^h   Mirkova, Ekaterina ^p   Scarfi, Maria Rosaria ^q   Zijno, Andrea ^r   Norppa, Hannu ^s   Fenech, Michael ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f Errol Zeiger Consulting   (United States)

^g RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^j JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^k State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^l INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^m LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^p National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^q INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^r ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^s FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^t CSIRO   (Australia)

^u NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA DAMAGE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 34047154552     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgl177     Document Type: Article

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