Elevated sister chromatid exchange frequencies in New Zealand Vietnam War veterans

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-251

  Rowland, R E ^a   Edwards, L A ^a   Podd, J V ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; DEFOLIANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VETERAN; VIET NAM; VOLUNTEER; WAR;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 34247108112     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100407     Document Type: Article

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