Lack of genotoxicity induced by endogenous and synthetic female sex hormones in peripheral blood cells detected by alkaline comet assay

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 414-420

  Braz, Mariana Gobbo ^a   Salvadori, Daisy Maria Favero ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Female sex hormones; Genotoxicity; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

DESOGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTODENO; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER; COMET ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; SMOKING;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DNA DAMAGE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROGESTERONE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347357369     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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